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92_SJ0064

 
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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly are saddened
 3    to learn of the death of James C.  Coultas  of  Jacksonville,
 4    who passed away March 30, 2002; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Coultas  was  born  November  23, 1921, in
 6    Jacksonville, the son of Orville F. and Mary B.  Coultas;  he
 7    married Gratia Hall in 1944 in Camp Wolters, Texas; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mr. Coultas attended Jacksonville public schools
 9    and  graduated  from  Illinois  College in 1943, where he was
10    president of Sigma Pi fraternity; and

11        WHEREAS, Mr. Coultas was a U.S. Army veteran of World War
12    II, serving in the 31st Dixie Division in New  Guinea  as  an
13    infantryman and across the South Pacific; and

14        WHEREAS, James Coultas worked at Elliot State Bank, where
15    he  was  elected  president in 1966, chairman of the board of
16    directors in 1977, and chairman of the board after the merger
17    into Firstbank of Illinois; he was a former director  of  the
18    Illinois   Bankers  Association  and  past  director  of  the
19    Association for Modern Banking in Illinois; and

20        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Coultas  assisted  in  the  planning   and
21    construction  of  Central Illinois Expressway, now Interstate
22    72; he served the Jacksonville Area Industrial Corp. for more
23    than 30 years; and

24        WHEREAS, Mr.  Coultas  held  leadership  posts  with  the
25    Jaycees, Rotary Club, and United Fund; he served as president
26    and  director  of  the  Jacksonville  Chamber of Commerce and
27    later on the Illinois State  Chamber  of  Commerce  board  of
28    directors; and

29        WHEREAS,   James   Coultas   was  the  recipient  of  the
30    Jacksonville Citizen of the  Year  Award  in  1982,  and  was
 
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 1    inducted  into the Jacksonville Area Hall of Fame in 1991; he
 2    was awarded the Circle of Excellence award in 1994  from  the
 3    chamber of commerce; and

 4        WHEREAS, Mr. Coultas served on the Illinois College Board
 5    of  Trustees  from  1978-1994, where he was vice chairman for
 6    several years, and received the Doctor of Humane Letters from
 7    the college in 1994; he was a member  of  First  Presbyterian
 8    Church  of Jacksonville, where he was a choir member for many
 9    years; and

10        WHEREAS, James C. Coultas will be deeply  missed  by  all
11    those  who  knew  him  and  loved  him,  especially his wife,
12    Gratia; his sons, Jeff (Addie) Coultas, Will (Anne)  Coultas,
13    and  Andy  Coultas;  his  daughter,  Jean  Statler;  his nine
14    grandchildren; and his sisters, Rosemary  (Tom)  Watkins  and
15    Carol (Walter) Lohman; therefore, be it


16        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
17    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS,   THE   HOUSE   OF
18    REPRESENTATIVES  CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn, along with
19    his family and friends, the death  of  James  C.  Coultas  of
20    Jacksonville; and be it further

21        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
22    presented to the family of James C. Coultas with our  sincere
23    condolences.

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