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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of B. Douglas Kettering of Rushville, who |
| 4 | | passed away on August 27, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Kettering was born in Schuyler County on |
| 6 | | July 1, 1932 to J. Boyd and M. Frances (nee Armstrong) |
| 7 | | Kettering; he graduated from Rushville High School and served |
| 8 | | in the United States Navy from
1951 to 1955 on the carriers USS |
| 9 | | Midway and USS Wasp; he married Madelyn Rose "Lynn" Schneider |
| 10 | | on
October 16, 1954 in the Bronx, New York; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Kettering worked at the U.S. Navy Yard in |
| 12 | | Portsmouth, Virginia
from 1955 to 1956; he then returned to his |
| 13 | | family farm, where he would farm for 47 years, retiring in |
| 14 | | 2003; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Kettering was a
lifetime member of the |
| 16 | | First United Methodist Church in Rushville, a member of the |
| 17 | | Rushville Flying Club for over
40 years, a member of the |
| 18 | | Rushville Lions Club, and a past member of the Rushville Rotary |
| 19 | | Club; he served one term as
the Bainbridge Township Supervisor, |
| 20 | | as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Orr Research Farm in Perry, as |
| 21 | | President of the
Schuyler County Pork Producers, and as |
| 22 | | Chairman of the Schuyler County Soil and Water District during |
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| 1 | | the building of
the Schuy-Rush Lake and Water Shed; he was also |
| 2 | | the Chairman of the Board of the Deb & Di's Coffee Club and
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| 3 | | Reporter of the Hardee's Coffee Club; he was named the 2015 |
| 4 | | Corn Fest Farmer of the Year; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Kettering was preceded in death by his |
| 6 | | parents, and his son-in-law, Vince Heinz; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Douglas Kettering is survived by his wife, |
| 8 | | Madelyn; his 3 children, Pamela Diane
Tavernier and husband, |
| 9 | | John, Kerry Kevin Kettering and wife, Joyce, and Lisa Dawn |
| 10 | | Parks and husband, Frank; his 6 grandchildren, Brittany |
| 11 | | Heinz-Amborn and husband, Tyler, Jonathon Douglas Reynolds, |
| 12 | | Sierra Jockisch,
Kristy Jo LeBegue, Johanna Bigley and husband, |
| 13 | | Steve, and Brandon LeBegue; his great-grandchildren; his one
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| 14 | | brother, Sidney Kettering and wife, Susie; his 2 sisters, Peggy |
| 15 | | Meyer and husband, Wilbur, and
Connie Markley and husband, |
| 16 | | Robert; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | B. Douglas Kettering, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 21 | | further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |