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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Frederick Lee "Fred" Bradshaw of | ||||||
| 4 | Griggsville, who passed away on March 21, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw was born in
Quincy to Thomas and | ||||||
| 6 | Lois
Sweeting Bradshaw on April 6, 1936; he graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Griggsville High School in 1954 and served in the U.S. Army for | ||||||
| 8 | three years; he attended Western Illinois
University and | ||||||
| 9 | received a bachelor's degree in
agriculture; he married Carole | ||||||
| 10 | Schulten in Hannibal, Missouri on July 9,
1969; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw was a farmer and an
agriculture | ||||||
| 12 | advocate; he served on many boards over the
years, including | ||||||
| 13 | Farm Credit Services of Western Illinois,
the Illinois Soybean | ||||||
| 14 | Checkoff Board, the National Biodiesel
Board, the Council on | ||||||
| 15 | Food and Agriculture Research (Treasurer), Two Rivers RC&D | ||||||
| 16 | (Chairman), the Pike County Farm Bureau, the Griggsville Rural | ||||||
| 17 | Fire
District (Treasurer), the Pike County Board, and the Orr | ||||||
| 18 | Research
Center Corporation, where he helped facilitate the | ||||||
| 19 | agreement between the
University of Illinois and John Wood | ||||||
| 20 | Community College to
share resources; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw received many awards for his work in
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| 22 | agriculture, including the Award of Merit for Distinguished
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| 1 | Service to Agriculture presented by the Gamma Sigma Delta
Honor | ||||||
| 2 | Society of Agriculture at the University of Illinois and the
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| 3 | ACES Award of Merit which recognizes the outstanding | ||||||
| 4 | accomplishments of living University of Illinois College of | ||||||
| 5 | ACES alumni who have excelled in their careers, leadership, or | ||||||
| 6 | service upon graduation from college; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw and his wife, Carole, visited all 50 | ||||||
| 8 | states and 47 countries
on every continent except Antarctica; | ||||||
| 9 | he enjoyed running the bulldozer on his
farm and visiting with | ||||||
| 10 | his
grandchildren and attending their sporting events and other | ||||||
| 11 | activities; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw was a member of the Griggsville | ||||||
| 13 | Masonic Lodge and Shriners,
the Griggsville United Methodist | ||||||
| 14 | Church, and the Griggsville/Perry
American Legion; he served as | ||||||
| 15 | a precinct committeeman
and vice chairman for the Pike County | ||||||
| 16 | Republican Party; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 18 | parents; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Charles and | ||||||
| 19 | Beulah Schulten; and his brothers-in-law,
Chuck Schulten and | ||||||
| 20 | John Adams; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Fred Bradshaw is survived by his wife, Carole; his | ||||||
| 22 | sons, Jeff (Erin), Eric, and Matt (Lori) Bradshaw; his
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| 1 | grandchildren, Sami, Lincoln, Jacob, Jane, Wesley, Cody, and | ||||||
| 2 | Kyle Bradshaw; his brothers, Philip (Linda) and
Harvey (Judy) | ||||||
| 3 | Bradshaw; his sisters-in-law,
Kay Adams and Sue (John) Bier;
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| 4 | and numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 7 | Frederick Lee "Fred" Bradshaw and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 8 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 9 | him; and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Fred Bradshaw as an expression of | ||||||
| 12 | our deepest sympathy.
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