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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of James Richard Heil of Alton, who passed 
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away on June 15, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Heil was born on February 18, 1935, in 
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Alton, the son of the late Harry J.R. and Luella Smith Heil; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Heil served in the United States Army from 
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September of 1957 to March of 1958, and in the Reserves from 
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March of  1958 to December of 1963; he received a Bachelor of 
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Arts degree in 1957 and his Juris Doctor in 1961 from the 
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University of Illinois; he was licensed as an attorney by the 
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State of Illinois on October 26, 1961, and practiced law in the 
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Alton and Godfrey communities; and

 
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    WHEREAS, During his career he served as a Madison County 
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State's Attorney and as an Assistant Attorney General for the 
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State of Illinois; he was

active in Republican politics, and 
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served on the Madison County Board from 1972 to 1982; he held a 
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Illinois Broker's License, taught real estate law at Lewis and 
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Clark Community College, and received his certification of 
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master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming in July of  
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1992; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, James Heil was certified as a hypnotherapist by 
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the National Guild of Hypnotists in May of 1994; he was a 
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former member of the National Speakers Association; he was a 
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founding officer of the St. Louis Chapter of the National 
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Speakers Association; he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon 
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social fraternity, a past member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers 
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Association, the American Trial Lawyers Association, the 
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Illinois State Bar Association, and the American Bar 
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Association; and he was a longtime member of the Alton Little 
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Theater; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Richard Heil is survived by his life 
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partner, Linda Leckrone; his daughter, Laura Shansey and her 
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husband, Patrick; his son, Jeff Heil and his wife, Jean; his 
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grandchildren, Sydney and Evan Shansey, and James and Jayson 
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Heil; his mother-in-law, Verna Wilson; his sister, Donna Amick 
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and her husband, Dan; his cousin, Mimi (Wade) Moore and her 
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husband, Randy and their children, Brady, Mark, and Tricia 
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Moore; his nephew, Randy Heil and his wife, Patty, and his 
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children, Jamie, Josh, and Lori Heil; his dear friend, Brian 
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Gibbons; his brother, Gilbert Heil; his large extended family; 
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and his many friends and special pets, Aloyuisus, Boots, Baby 
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Kitty, Wee One, Eight Ball, and Bart; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
 


 






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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of James Richard Heil; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of James Richard Heil as a symbol of 
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our sympathy.