Full Text of SR0402 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 John Robert Bagley of Pekin, who | 4 | | passed away on June 10, 2023; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley was born to Chester and Edna Mae | 6 | | (Harper) Bagley in Kirksville, Missouri on June 24, 1937; he | 7 | | attended Kirksville public schools and graduated from | 8 | | Kirksville High School in 1955; he received his Bachelor of | 9 | | Arts in Economics from the University of Missouri at Columbia | 10 | | in 1959, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, | 11 | | Scabbard & Bladewhile, and the baseball program; he later | 12 | | tried out for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960; he married Mary | 13 | | Laura Frings at St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin on | 14 | | January 28, 1961; he earned his Juris Doctor from the | 15 | | University of Michigan in 1962; he was inducted into service | 16 | | in the U.S. Army at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, and he served honorably | 17 | | from June 1962 to October 1965; he attained the rank of captain | 18 | | and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley was admitted to the Missouri Bar in | 20 | | 1962 and the Illinois Bar in 1966; he began practicing law in | 21 | | Pekin in November 1965; he became a partner in the firm of | 22 | | Frings, Hoffman & Bagley in 1967, which subsequently became | 23 | | Bagley & Miller with the addition of Louis E. Miller; his areas |
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| 1 | | of concentration were banking law, estate planning, and | 2 | | corporate law; he served as corporate counsel, director, and | 3 | | shareholder of the Herget Financial Corporation and Herget | 4 | | National Bank from 1977 until its sale in 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley was a member of the Illinois State | 6 | | Bar Association and the Missouri Bar Association; he belonged | 7 | | to the Tazewell County Bar Association and served as its | 8 | | president in from 1972 to 1973; he was a member of the Pekin | 9 | | Country Club and was a past member of its Board of Governors; | 10 | | he was also a member of the Olde Florida Golf Club in Naples, | 11 | | Florida, where he spent the winter months; he served as | 12 | | uncompensated counsel for the St. Paul United Church of | 13 | | Christ, the Tazewell Animal Protective Society, Tazewell Youth | 14 | | Hockey, and the Pekin Day Care Center; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley was community-minded and helped raise | 16 | | funds for the Boy Scouts, TAPS, the Heart Fund, Tazewell Youth | 17 | | Hockey, Christian Civic Outreach, and the Leadership Circle of | 18 | | the United Way of Pekin; he was a regular supporter of St. Jude | 19 | | Children's Research Hospital; he made anonymous contributions | 20 | | for various community park projects in Pekin and Kirksville, | 21 | | Missouri; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, As a child, John Bagley attended First | 23 | | Presbyterian Church in Kirksville, Missouri and was a member |
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| 1 | | of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pekin; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley loved snow skiing; he also enjoyed | 3 | | golfing, water skiing, boating, clay shooting, and keeping up | 4 | | to date with the latest sports cars; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley was preceded in death by his parents; | 6 | | his sister, Carolyn Ann Harding; and his sister-in-law, Bettie | 7 | | Laier; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Bagley is survived by his wife; his nephew, | 9 | | John David (Rebecca) Harding; his niece, Susan E. (Mark) | 10 | | Sells; six great-nieces and great-nephews; his sister-in-law, | 11 | | Charlotte Cardiff; his brother-in-law, Clyde Laier; and his | 12 | | niece by marriage, Becky (Mark) Beasley and her daughter; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 16 | | John Robert Pekin and extend our sincere
condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 20 | | presented to the family of John Bagley as an expression of
our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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