Bill Text: IL SR1294 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jimmy D. Knapp of Metamora.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-12-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR1294 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1294-Introduced.html
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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 Jimmy D. "Snapper" Knapp of Metamora, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on November 18, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jimmy Knapp was born in Woodward, Oklahoma on | ||||||
| 6 | February 12, 1941 to YuVonne O. and Mescal A. (Huen) Knapp; he | ||||||
| 7 | served in the United States Army from 1963 to 1965; he married | ||||||
| 8 | Janice F. Carrico in Paducah, Kentucky on November 26, 1966; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jimmy Knapp worked as a structural ironworker and | ||||||
| 11 | was an assistant business agent for 35 years with Local 112 in | ||||||
| 12 | East Peoria before retiring in 2001; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jimmy Knapp attended auctioneer school in Iowa; he | ||||||
| 14 | donated his time to Ducks Unlimited and the Mennonite Relief | ||||||
| 15 | Sale; he was also an announcer at various events over the | ||||||
| 16 | years, including the Illinois State Fair, the Heart of Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Fair, horse shows, horse races, and truck and tractor pulls; he | ||||||
| 18 | was a member of Hilton Masonic Lodge 1143 AF & AM, Scottish | ||||||
| 19 | Rites Bodies, Valley of Peoria, and the Mohamed Shrine Temple; | ||||||
| 20 | he earned his private pilot's license in the late 1960s; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Jimmy Knapp was preceded in death by his sister, | ||||||
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| 1 | Marilyn Prokop, and his half-brother, Don Lutz; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Jimmy Knapp is survived by his wife, Janice; his 2 | ||||||
| 3 | daughters, Kimberly (Thomas) Dempsey and Shawna (Kevin) | ||||||
| 4 | Collins; his granddaughter, Cadence Dempsey; and his 2 | ||||||
| 5 | half-brothers, W.R. Lutz and Jake Lutz; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 8 | Jimmy D. "Snapper" Knapp, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 9 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Jimmy Knapp as an expression of our | ||||||
| 13 | deepest sympathy.
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