IL SR1486

Senate Resolution mourning the death of Donald E. "Duke" Cartwright, who passed away on October 4, 2020.

Cartwright was born December 10, 1936 in Hillsboro to Henry and Irene Cartwright; served in the U.S. Army in Korea; earned a degree from Joliet Junior College; and married Vada Kay Knudson.

Retired from the Illinois Department of Corrections at Stateville Penitentiary and Joliet Prison as a major, and subsequently worked at First Student as a school bus driver and administrator.

Member of the Illinois Route 66 Association and the Will-Grundy Illinois Genealogical Society; survived by his wife of 58 years, two children, one grandson, and one brother.

Extends sincere condolences to Cartwright's family and directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to his family.