Illinois SR 291: MEMORIAL-LARRY N. VARNER

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SR0291LRB104 13458 LAW 25875 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Larry N. Varner of Kewanee, formerly 

4of Galva, who passed away on April 19, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Larry Varner was born to D. Steve and Avis 

6(Beede) Varner in Fort Knox, Kentucky on September 2, 1944; he 

7graduated from Monticello High School in Monticello, Illinois 

8in 1962; he earned his Bachelor of Science in English 

9Education from Illinois State University in 1965; he married 

10Patty Carper at the Morton Methodist Church in Morton on March 

1122, 1969; he received both a Master of Science and an Advanced 

12Certificate in Counseling from the University of Illinois 

13Urbana-Champaign in 1970 and 1971, respectively; and

14 WHEREAS, Larry Varner taught English at Pekin High School 

15during the 1965-1966 school year and the 1968-1969 school 

16year, between which he served in the United States Army from 

171966 to 1968; he began his counseling career at Galva High 

18School in the fall of 1970, and he retired from Galva 

19Junior-Senior High School in the spring of 1999; he served as 

20coach of the Galva High School Scholastic Team from 1973 

21through 2008, and he was inducted into the Illinois High 

22School Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame; and

SR0291- 2 -LRB104 13458 LAW 25875 r

1 WHEREAS, Larry Varner joined the Galva Lions Club in 2000, 

2where he served as secretary for an extended time; and

3 WHEREAS, Larry Varner loved fishing in his spare time, 

4belonging to the Little John Conservation Club and the Hook 

5and Bullet Conservation Club and fishing at both clubs' lakes 

6often; he spent many summer vacations fishing in the Minnesota 

7Boundary Waters,