Full Text of SR0400 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Colonel Earl Edward Rumbaugh Jr. of | 4 | | Danville, who passed away on July 3, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Col. Rumbaugh was born to Earl Edward and | 6 | | Cornelia Payne Rumbaugh on December 22, 1928; he attended | 7 | | Garfield Elementary School and graduated from Danville High | 8 | | School in 1946; he furthered his education at Loyola | 9 | | University New Orleans; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Col. Rumbaugh attended the United States Army | 11 | | Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, | 12 | | beginning his career as an Army officer; he served in the | 13 | | Korean War, the Berlin Crisis, and the Cuban Missile Crisis | 14 | | and did two tours of duty in Vietnam; he received numerous | 15 | | awards throughout his 32-year-long career, including three | 16 | | Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Bronze | 17 | | Star, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, the Army | 18 | | Commendation Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Col. Rumbaugh served as a police officer for | 20 | | Danville from 1954 to 1959; he also served on the Danville | 21 | | Traffic Commission, the Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee, | 22 | | the Center for Children's Services for six years, the |
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| 1 | | Vermilion County Merit Commission from 1994 to 2020, and the | 2 | | YMCA Board for six years; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Col. Rumbaugh was a member of the Association of | 4 | | the United States Army, the Military Officers Association of | 5 | | America, American Legion Post 210, the Veterans of Foreign | 6 | | Wars, the Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge 232, the Danville | 7 | | Boat Club, the Danville Country Club, and the Corvette | 8 | | Cruisers; he hosted Cooking with the Colonial on the WDAN show | 9 | | from 1990 to 1996 and was inducted to the Wall of Honor at the | 10 | | Kenneth D. Bailey Academy; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Col. Rumbaugh was preceded in death by his | 12 | | parents; his wives, AnnaMarie Freeman and Wilma Minor; and his | 13 | | siblings, Glenn Covert, Anna Jane Catlett, Marigene Hutton, | 14 | | and Marjorie Carter; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Col. Rumbaugh is survived by his companion of 23 | 16 | | years, Karen Wodetzki; his nephews, James M. Covert and Newel | 17 | | Young Jr. and wife, Paulette Guiliani Young; his niece, Cathy | 18 | | Carter Tomason; and his stepdaughters, Deborah Amata, Denise | 19 | | Amata, and Diana Browning; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Colonel Earl Edward Rumbaugh Jr. and extend our sincere |
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| 1 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 2 | | him; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Col. Rumbaugh as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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