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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Roy L. Hertel of Hillsboro, who passed 
4away on May 25, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Roy Hertel was born in Du Quoin to Leonard "Jake" 
6and Nola Burnetta (Annear) Hertel on February 7, 1949; he 
7graduated from Hillsboro High School in 1967; he earned his 
8bachelor's degree in history and political science from 
9Greenville College and then completed his postgraduate studies 
10at Georgetown University  and Southern Illinois University in 
11Edwardsville; he married Nanci Mauton  at the Christian Church 
12Disciples of Christ in Hillsboro on December 27, 1980; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Roy Hertel assisted with the services at Bass 
14Funeral Home in Hillsboro and was a school teacher in Coffeen; 
15he served as the Montgomery County Circuit Clerk and as a 
16regional administrator with the Department of Montgomery 
17County Health and Human Services; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Roy Hertel was a member of the Christian Church 
19Disciples of Christ in Hillsboro; he was a 45-year member of 
20the Lions Club, where he had held all offices and was district 
21lieutenant governor and district governor in 1991 and 1992; he 
22was the president of the Mt. Moriah   Lodge No. 51
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1of Hillsboro and a member of Hillsboro Moose Lodge #1377; he 
2served as president of the  Circuit Clerk Association and as 
3chairman of the Montgomery County Board; he was a member of the  
4Hillsboro Sports Association, where he was very involved in the 
5building of the new sports complex; he received the Sertoma 
6Service to Mankind Award in 2004 and the Hillsboro Chamber 
7Award in 2014;  and

  
 
8    WHEREAS, Roy Hertel was preceded in death by his father, 
9Leonard Hertel; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Roy Hertel is survived by his wife, Nanci; his 
11son, James Leonard (Nichole) Hertel; his mother, Nola Hertel; 
12and his grandson, Graysen James Roy Hertel; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
15Roy L. Hertel, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
16family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
17further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
19presented to the family of Roy Hertel as an expression of our 
20deepest sympathy.