Bill Text: IL SR0414 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James C. "Jim" Steele of Des Plaines.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0414 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0414-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of James C. "Jim" Steele of Des Plaines, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on July 18, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Steele was born to John "Ray" Steele and | ||||||
| 6 | Ruth Hellen (Elsner) Steele in Sandusky, Ohio on May 14, 1944; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jim Steele was a budding amateur magician in high | ||||||
| 9 | school, later touring the country professionally at county and | ||||||
| 10 | state fairs, carnivals, and the Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers | ||||||
| 11 | Circus; he was also an illusionist, a mentalist, an escape | ||||||
| 12 | artist, a sword swallower, and a fire eater; throughout the | ||||||
| 13 | 1960s, he had many opportunities in show business, including | ||||||
| 14 | small parts in movies and theater; he toured as part of a | ||||||
| 15 | vaudeville troupe, and he was master of ceremonies in various | ||||||
| 16 | nightclubs and variety shows in Ohio, New York City, New | ||||||
| 17 | Jersey, and Chicago; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, In the 1970s, Jim Steele worked as a consultant, | ||||||
| 19 | writer, and promoter of fine wines; he organized large wine | ||||||
| 20 | tastings and auctions for various liquor stores in the | ||||||
| 21 | Chicagoland area; he was a two-time winner of Geja's Annual | ||||||
| 22 | International Wine Tasting Contest; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jim Steele was a dedicated grandfather who loved | ||||||
| 2 | dining, traveling, and movie watching with his grandchildren; | ||||||
| 3 | he will be most remembered for his fun, outgoing nature, and | ||||||
| 4 | his open and accepting personality; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jim Steele was the husband of the late Nanci | ||||||
| 6 | Steele for 45 years; the stepfather to Barbra (Richard | ||||||
| 7 | Spychalski) Versino and the late Robert Versino; the | ||||||
| 8 | grandfather of Jonathan Spychalski and Emma Spychalski; the | ||||||
| 9 | brother of Ruth Williams, Mary Sue Clifton, the late Jane | ||||||
| 10 | Adelman, the late Carol Steele, Johnny Steele, and the late | ||||||
| 11 | Rose Steele; and the uncle to many nieces and nephews; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 15 | James C. "Jim" Steele and extend our sincere
condolences to | ||||||
| 16 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 19 | presented to the family of Jim Steele as an expression of
our | ||||||
| 20 | deepest sympathy.
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