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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Lee W. Short of Bloomington, who passed 
4away on January 4, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lee Short was born on May 1, 1921; he graduated 
6from Belvidere High School  and Illinois Wesleyan University; he 
7served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II 
8and married Phyllis Jean Smith; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Lee Short worked for over 30 years for Illinois 
10Wesleyan University; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Lee Short served his community through leadership 
12positions in the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, the Masonic 
13Lodge, Wesley Methodist Church, and the McLean County Board; 
14his primary passion was always his love of music, which he 
15shared with his entire family; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Lee Short was preceded in death by his parents, 
17Crawford and Leota Short, and his sister, Leatha Griffis; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Lee Short is survived by his wife of 69 years, 
19Phyllis; his daughters, Karen Short Mills, Deborah (Ken) 
20Hester, Barbara (Steve) Brown, and Nancy (Bill) Pittman; his 
 
 
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1brother, Bill (Sherron) Short; his sister, Betty Briggs; his 
2grandchildren, Jonathan (Sally) Hougham, Margaret Mills, 
3Eleanor Mills, Jessica (Jacob) Boyd, Molly Brown, William 
4Pittman, and Katherine Pittman;  and four  great-grandsons; 
5therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
8Lee W. Short, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, 
9friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to  the family of  Lee Short as an expression of our 
12deepest sympathy.