Illinois SR 552: MEMORIAL-GARY L. MCCASKILL

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SR0552LRB104 17324 LAW 30746 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Gary L. McCaskill of Timewell, who 

4passed away on December 16, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Gary McCaskill, the son of Geraldine Melissa Ann 

6Moore McCaskill and Floyd Leroy McCaskill, was born in Quincy 

7on July 20, 1948; he attended Timewell Grade School and 

8graduated from Brown County High School in 1966; he married 

9Sandra Kay "Sandi" Six at the First Christian Church in Mt. 

10Sterling on February 22, 1969; and

11 WHEREAS, Gary McCaskill served in the United States Army 

12during the Vietnam Conflict from 1968 to 1970; after his 

13return from Vietnam and until his discharge, he was stationed 

14in Savannah, Georgia, where he was joined by Sandi; and

15 WHEREAS, Gary McCaskill was interested in horses while his 

16farming family raised Polled Hereford cattle; he especially 

17loved showing reining horses at the Brown County Fair and the 

18Illinois State Fair; he formed lifetime friendships with many 

19other horse trainers, including Roger Johnson and Mike Touley; 

20and

21 WHEREAS, Gary McCaskill was a member of Timewell Baptist 

SR0552- 2 -LRB104 17324 LAW 30746 r

1Church, having been baptized in 1957; he also possessed a love 

2for basketball and track, which he developed in his younger 

3years; and

4 WHEREAS, Gary McCaskill was the husband of Sandi 

5McCaskill; the father of Carrie Lynn McCaskill Schmidt and 

6Sara Beth (Colin Hugo) McCaskill Mulacek; the grandfather of 

7seven grandchildren; and the brother of Ronald Leroy (Ruth) 

8McCaskill and Randall Kay (Kris) McCaskill; therefore, be it

9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL 

10ASSE