Full Text of SR0935 100th 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 Benjamin Hooker Watts of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on September 19, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Watts was born in Urbana to Robert Allan | 6 | | and Emily Stipes Watts on March 1, 1962; he graduated from | 7 | | Champaign Central High School and Dartmouth College; he played | 8 | | football for both schools; he later graduated from the | 9 | | University of Michigan School of Law; he married Judith Diane | 10 | | Argentieri on October 25, 1997; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Watts began practicing law with Gardner | 12 | | Carton & Douglas in Chicago; he then returned to Champaign and | 13 | | joined Stipes Publishing, where he was a partner in the | 14 | | publishing business; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Watts was active in the Champaign-Urbana | 16 | | community and served on the Crisis Nursery Board of Directors | 17 | | and the Alzheimer's Association of Champaign County Board of | 18 | | Directors; he was a season ticket holder for Illini sports, as | 19 | | well as an avid supporter of the University of Illinois | 20 | | Division of Intercollegiate Athletes and the University of | 21 | | Illinois Library; he was a member of the University of Illinois | 22 | | Foundation; he also supported his alma mater, Dartmouth, and |
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| 1 | | his fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, where he had served as | 2 | | president; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Watts was a devoted husband, father, son, | 4 | | uncle, cousin, and friend, who spent most of his free time with | 5 | | his wife and children; he was always present at his children's | 6 | | activities; he coached his son's Little League teams, including | 7 | | Peanut, Farm, and Kuhn's in the American League; the Kuhn's | 8 | | team advanced to the Little League Semi-Finals in 2014; he also | 9 | | coached several of his children's YMCA and Champaign Park | 10 | | District basketball teams; he led his daughter's seventh and | 11 | | eighth grade YMCA team to the league championship in 2013; his | 12 | | other passion was gardening; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Watts was preceded in death by his | 14 | | father; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Benjamin Watts is survived by his mother; his | 16 | | wife, Judith; his daughter, Olivia; his son, Samuel; his | 17 | | brothers, Edward and Thomas; and his numerous nieces and | 18 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Benjamin Hooker Watts, and extend our sincere condolences to | 22 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Benjamin Watts as an expression of | 4 | | our deepest sympathy.
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