| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Stanton Joseph "Stan" Bond of Montgomery, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on February 13, 2019; and
| ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Stan Bond was born in Turlock, California to | ||||||
| 6 | Joseph and Norma Bond on July 22, 1949; he earned an | ||||||
| 7 | interdisciplinary degree in advertising, marketing, and public | ||||||
| 8 | relations from Southern Illinois University in 1971; while a | ||||||
| 9 | student, he was on the Dean's List, and he interned for the | ||||||
| 10 | City of Carbondale in the City Manager's Office; he continued | ||||||
| 11 | his education in the master's program at Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | University and received several awards for his work, as well as | ||||||
| 13 | a commendation by Mayor Neil Eckert and the City Council of | ||||||
| 14 | Carbondale; at that time, he also received a citation from | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie for his service to | ||||||
| 16 | Carbondale; and
| ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Professionally, Stan Bond worked as an Assistant | ||||||
| 18 | Director of Industrial Development and participated in the HUD | ||||||
| 19 | Model Cities Program in Carbondale; he was also a Public | ||||||
| 20 | Information Officer with the City of Carbondale and the Wabash | ||||||
| 21 | Area Office of Economic Opportunity; he was an Account | ||||||
| 22 | Executive with Marstellar Advertising and an Associate | ||||||
| 23 | Creative Director with Ladd/Wells Advertising before moving on | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | to become Founder and President of Hamilton and Bond | ||||||
| 2 | Advertising, Inc.; he enjoyed working in this capacity for | ||||||
| 3 | nearly 35 years; in more recent years, he was the Chief Deputy | ||||||
| 4 | Clerk for the Kane County Clerk's Office and the Business | ||||||
| 5 | Process Coordinator for the Kane County Circuit Clerk's Office; | ||||||
| 6 | and
| ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Stan Bond's passion for community building led him | ||||||
| 8 | to serve as an elected official in several capacities for more | ||||||
| 9 | than 20 years; while living in Batavia, he served as a Trustee | ||||||
| 10 | for the Batavia Public Library District and as a Precinct | ||||||
| 11 | Committeeman; while living in Montgomery, he served as a | ||||||
| 12 | Precinct Committeeman for Sugar Grove 2, volunteered as a | ||||||
| 13 | Neighborhood Watch Area Leader, was a founding member of the | ||||||
| 14 | Montgomery Foundation, and spent multiple terms as a Village of | ||||||
| 15 | Montgomery Trustee; and
| ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Stan Bond valued the community relationships he | ||||||
| 17 | built and the time he spent attending various community | ||||||
| 18 | functions; he enjoyed spending time with his family and friends | ||||||
| 19 | and taking motorcycle rides in the country; he was an avid | ||||||
| 20 | boater and fisherman; and
| ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Stan Bond was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
| 22 | and
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | WHEREAS, Stan Bond is survived by his wife of 40 years, | ||||||
| 2 | Marion; his daughters, Erin (Jim) Hart, Elizabeth (Chris) | ||||||
| 3 | Abbott, and Sarah (Josh) Paddock; and his grandchildren, Nolan | ||||||
| 4 | and Wyatt Abbott and Max Hart; therefore, be it
| ||||||
| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 7 | Stanton Joseph "Stan" Bond and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 8 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 9 | it further
| ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Stan Bond as an expression of our | ||||||
| 12 | deepest sympathy.
| ||||||