Full Text of SR0840 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
L. James "Jim" Struif, who passed away on | 4 | | June 26, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif was born on September 18, 1931, in | 6 | | Alton; he was the son of the late Leo John and Clara Lillie | 7 | | (Bauer) Struif; he married Shirley Spatz Cummings in 1965; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif graduated from Alton Senior High School | 9 | | in January of 1949 and Northwestern University in 1953; after | 10 | | leaving the Navy, he attended law school at the University of | 11 | | Illinois, where he graduated in 1959; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif enlisted in the United States Navy in | 13 | | 1954; he served 4 years of sea duty on a submarine in the | 14 | | Pacific Ocean, where he was a submarine officer; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif served as a legal counsel and as a | 16 | | faculty member at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville | 17 | | for 5 years; he was in general law practice from 1963 until his | 18 | | retirement in 2011 and opened a private practice in 1968; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif was a member of the Evangelical United | 20 | | Church of Christ, where he was an Elder, taught Sunday school, |
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| 1 | | and designed and maintained the Courtyard Garden; he was active | 2 | | in the Boy Scouts of America, first as a scout, then as a camp | 3 | | counselor and later as a Scoutmaster; he worked as a civil | 4 | | rights activist in Mississippi in 1966 and was one of the | 5 | | founders of the Madison County Urban League; he was also a | 6 | | life-long conservationist involved in prairie restoration and | 7 | | helped found the Nature Institute; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif enjoyed gardening, magic, and music; | 9 | | and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Jim Struif is survived by his wife, Shirley; his | 11 | | children, Scott Struif and his wife, Kerry, Jamie | 12 | | Struif-Pehowski and her husband, Steven, Susie Bazzell and her | 13 | | husband, Lance, and Jeff Struif and his wife, Missy; his | 14 | | grandchildren, Jessica Johnson, Brennan Struif, Adam Pehowski, | 15 | | Jenna Pehowski, Connor Bazzell, Chloe Bazzell, Lola Struif, and | 16 | | Hattie Struif; his great-grandchild, Collin Griffin; his | 17 | | sister, Jean Malone; and his many nieces and nephews; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 | | his family and friends, the passing of L. James "Jim" Struif; | 22 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Jim Struif as an expression of our | 3 | | sympathy.
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