Full Text of HR0721 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
James L. | 4 | | "Jim" Crates, who passed away on December 12, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Crates was born on November 24, 1940, in | 6 | | McComb, Ohio; his parents were Henry and Florence (Byal) | 7 | | Crates; he married Carole Lingrel on Aug. 28, 1965, in Kenton, | 8 | | Ohio; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, James Crates was a 1958 graduate of Kenton High | 10 | | School; he earned his bachelor of arts from Ohio Northern | 11 | | University (ONU) in 1962 and his Juris Doctorate from the ONU | 12 | | Petit College of Law in 1965; he also served on the Advisory | 13 | | Board of ONU's College of Arts and Science; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, James Crates served as an Army JAG with the | 15 | | Military District of Washington, D.C., and the 8th Army in | 16 | | Seoul, Korea from 1966 to 1970; he entered the service as a | 17 | | first lieutenant and was subsequently promoted to captain; he | 18 | | received the Army Commendation Medal for his meritorious | 19 | | service; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Crates practiced law in Kenton, Ohio with | 21 | | Paul McKinley Sr. and Paul McKinley Jr. since 1970; he was |
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| 1 | | admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in | 2 | | 1968 and served as Hardin County Prosecuting Attorney from 1972 | 3 | | to 1976; he was also a member of the Hardin County Bar | 4 | | Association, executive chairman of the Hardin County | 5 | | Republican Party, and a Pleasant Township committeeman; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Crates was a board member of Mount Victory | 7 | | State Bank, the Veterans Memorial Park District, and the Hardin | 8 | | County Board of Elections; he was also a member of Kenton Elks | 9 | | 157 (past exalted ruler from 1978-1979 and board of trustees), | 10 | | the Indian Lake Moose Lodge, the Lions Club, Latham Masonic | 11 | | Lodge No. 157 at Kenton, the Aladdin Shrine, the Hardin County | 12 | | Shrine Club, American Legion Post 198, Amvets Post 20, and a | 13 | | 35-year-member of Wolf Creek Grange; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, James Crates enjoyed his cottage, boating and | 15 | | entertaining his friends at Long Island, Indian Lake, and the | 16 | | activities his grandchildren were involved in; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, James Crates was preceded in death by his brother, | 18 | | Daniel Crates and his father-in-law, LaMoyne Lingrel; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, James Crates is survived by his wife; his son, | 20 | | Britton (Nancy) Crates; his daughter, Ashley (Scott) | 21 | | Borgemenke; his granddaughters, Kate and Jane Borgemenke and | 22 | | Taylor and Peyton Crates; his brothers, Roger (Ruth) Crates and |
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| 1 | | Randy Crates; his sister-in-law, Dorma Crates; and his | 2 | | mother-in-law, Alice Lingrel; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 6 | | James L. "Jim" Crates; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of James Crates as an expression of our | 9 | | sympathy.
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