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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Joe Rittenhouse of Bement, who passed 
4away on April 2, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Joe Rittenhouse was born in Decatur to Joe H. and 
6Phyllis Metcalf Rittenhouse on December 20, 1940; he married 
7Ronda Morris in Ivesdale on July 7, 1962; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Joe Rittenhouse was one of the youngest township 
9highway commissioners in Illinois; he was elected in 1962 and 
10served until 2017, when he was re-elected again two days after 
11his passing; and
  
12    WHEREAS, Joe Rittenhouse  was very active with Central 
13State's Threshermen's Association; he was a board member for 
14over 41 years; he served as Vice-President from 1984-1998, and 
15then again in 2001; he had been President of the Board for the 
16last 12 years; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Joe Rittenhouse was a member of the Bement United 
18Methodist Church; he was a 47-year member of the Bement Masonic 
19Lodge #365 AF and AM and was a charter member of the Piatt 
20County Historical Society; he served as Piatt County Republican 
21Precinct Committeeman and served on the Bement Fire Protection 
 
 
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1District for 58 years; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Joe Rittenhouse was preceded in death by his 
3parents and his wife Ronda; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Joe Rittenhouse is survived by his children, 
5Melissa (Mark) Yoder and Morris Rittenhouse; his 
6grandchildren, Tyler (Jacqueline) Yoder, Kyle (Cindy) Yoder 
7and Tyce Rittenhouse; his  great-grandson, Maxwell Yoder; his 
8siblings, Stephen Rittenhouse and Carolyn (Melvin) Rittenhouse 
9Jacobs; and his  brother-in-law, Dave (Linda) Morris; 
10therefore, be it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
13Joe Rittenhouse, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
14family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
15further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to the family of Joe Rittenhouse as an expression of 
18our deepest sympathy.