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92_SR0372
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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 Wesley Fribley of Pana, who
4 passed away March 20, 2002; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. Fribley was born August 3, 1906, in
6 Assumption, the son of Wesley D. and Clara Belle Storey
7 Fribley; he went to Dunkel Rural School, Assumption High
8 School, Illinois Wesleyan University, and the College of Law
9 at the University of Illinois; Mr. Fribley graduated and was
10 admitted to practice law in 1930; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Fribley was a lawyer for 50 years, serving
12 in state and federal courts from his offices in Pana, until
13 he retired in 1987; a number of lawyers worked for him,
14 including his son, Joseph L. Fribley, and George J.
15 LaCharite, David Duez, James L. Profitt, John P. Coady (now a
16 circuit judge), Thomas W. Lacy, and George P. Consoer; and
17 WHEREAS, A Democrat, Mr. Fribley was an Illinois State
18 Senator from 1934-1952, representing the 40th Senate
19 District, originally composed of Christian, Shelby, Fayette,
20 and Cumberland counties; he helped investigate the Centralia
21 mine disaster and was co-sponsor of the Illinois Mine Safety
22 Law; Mr. Fribley sponsored the Fame-to-Market Road Law, which
23 aided rural townships in the construction of township roads;
24 and
25 WHEREAS, Mr. Fribley was a Downstate floor leader for
26 then-Governor Adlai E. Stevenson and was responsible for many
27 major acts of legislation during his long career there; one
28 of Mr. Fribley's finest memories was evidenced by a picture
29 of Governor Stevenson, autographed with the personal note,
30 "To John Fribley, a dear friend and good man in a storm!";
31 and
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1 WHEREAS, Mr. Fribley was a major organizer of Peoples
2 Bank of Pana and was city attorney for Pana; he was a member
3 of United Presbyterian Church, Pana Masonic Lodge 226, AF &
4 AM, Ansar Shrine and Pana Rotary Club; and
5 WHEREAS, John Fribley married Marian E. Little on April
6 21, 1931, in Rosamond; she preceded him in death July 30,
7 1997; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Fribley will be deeply missed by all those
9 who knew him and loved him, especially his son, Joseph L.
10 (Carolyn); his daughter Judith A.; his grandchildren, Scott
11 W., Susan K. Fribley Rae, and Valerie A. Fribley Barnes; his
12 great-grandsons, John G., Cameron M., and Gavin J. Rae; and
13 his great-granddaughter, Morgan M. Barnes; therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
16 his family and friends, the death of John Wesley Fribley of
17 Pana; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to the family of John Wesley Fribley with our
20 sincere condolences.