Illinois SR 310: MEMORIAL-ELDON L. QUICK

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SR0310LRB104 13524 MST 25992 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Eldon L. Quick of Rantoul, who passed 

4away on April 26, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Eldon Quick was born on a farm in rural Jewell 

6County, Kansas to Roy T. and Anna A. (Robinett) Quick on 

7November 3, 1930, and his family lived on various tenant farms 

8in Jewell County during the Great Depression; he graduated 

9from Kiowa Kansas High School in 1949 and enlisted in the U.S. 

10Air Force in 1950 at the beginning of the Korean War; he was 

11stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, where he met 

12his wife, Frances, and was honorably discharged in November 

131954 with the rank of staff sergeant; and

14 WHEREAS, Eldon Quick was appointed as a police officer 

15with the Rantoul Police Department in September 1957; he rose 

16through the ranks and became chief of police in 1966, a 

17position in which he served for more than 17 years, retiring on 

18September 1, 1983 as the longest-serving chief in the history 

19of Rantoul; and

20 WHEREAS, Eldon Quick was elected to the Rantoul Village 

21Board in 1987; he was elected as the Champaign County Coroner 

22in November 1988 and reelected in 1992 and 1996; he retired on 

SR0310- 2 -LRB104 13524 MST 25992 r

1December 31, 1998 after 10 years; and

2 WHEREAS, Eldon Quick built his own home in Rantoul in 

31965; he also helped his children with building and remodeling 

4projects in their homes, which included helping his son, 

5Richard, build a new home in Rantoul in 1983 and remodeling and 

6building room additions to his other three children's homes in 

7Illinois, Wisconsin, and Texas; and

8 WHEREAS, Eldon Quick's hobbies in