Illinois SR 406: MEMORIAL-THOMAS W. RITTER

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SR0406LRB104 15199 ECR 28345 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Thomas William "Tom" Ritter of Blue 

4Mound, who passed away on August 20, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Tom Ritter, the son of William H. and Arlone 

6(Deardorff) Ritter, in Decatur on February 12, 1952; he 

7graduated from Blue Mound High School; he received a Bachelor 

8of Science in Agriculture from the University of Illinois 

9Urbana-Champaign; he married Diana D. Virt in 1979; and

10 WHEREAS, Tom Ritter worked in the agricultural industry; 

11he served as president of the Macon County Farm Bureau and as 

12one of the longest tenured Illinois Farm Bureau Crop Watchers, 

13reporting weekly in Macon County; he was also a member of the 

14Macon County 4-H Foundation, the Meridian Ag Foundation, the 

15Illinois Soybean Association, the National Soybean Checkoff 

16Board, and the U.S. Grains Council; and

17 WHEREAS, Tom Ritter served as a trustee, an elder, a 

18deacon, and a liturgist at Central Christian Church in 

19Decatur; he also served as a former president and trustee of 

20Richland Community College, a liaison to the Illinois 

21Community College Trustees Association, president of the 

22Meridian School Board and the Blue Mound School Board, and 

SR0406- 2 -LRB104 15199 ECR 28345 r

1supervisor of Pleasant View Township; he co-organized, as a 

2longtime board member and former president, the annual Blue 

3Mound Fall Festival for many decades; and

4 WHEREAS, Tom Ritter dedicated his life to serving his 

5faith, his family, his community, and the agricultural 

6industry at large; and

7 WHEREAS, Tom Ritter was preceded in death by his parents; 

8his parents-in-law, Carrol