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SR0186LRB104 12845 LAW 24200 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Less Boucher of Springfield, who 

4passed away on February 8, 2025; and

5 WHEREAS, Less Boucher was born to James Langston Boucher 

6and Julia Gram Boucher in Springfield on October 9, 1954; he 

7spent his early years in Girard before later moving to Virden; 

8he graduated from Virden High School; he earned his political 

9science degree from Knox College in Galesburg, where he played 

10football and joined the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity; he continued 

11his post-graduate studies with a focus on economics at the 

12University of Illinois Springfield; he married Beth Prough in 

131976; and

14 WHEREAS, Less Boucher was a dedicated public servant, 

15spending a majority of his career working in the collection, 

16organization, and distribution of labor market and employment 

17information, along with employment and training development; 

18he began his professional career as a planner with the 

19Comprehensive Employment and Training Act program (CETA) in 

201979, and at the age of 26, he was named executive director for 

21the Land of Lincoln Consortium, the agency in charge of 

22administering CETA and other programs for a multi-county area 

23in Central Illinois; he later served as associate director for 

SR0186- 2 -LRB104 12845 LAW 24200 r

1the Illinois Occupational Information Coordinating Committee 

2and as central region manager for the Illinois Department of 

3Employment Security, retiring in 2012; and

4 WHEREAS, Less Boucher loved playing and listening to good 

5music, especially the Beatles, Tom Petty, and the blues, and 

6he also loved all animals, rescuing many p