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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Lafayette 
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Shaw of Danville, who passed away on February 28, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw was elected to serve on the 
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Danville City Council in 1993; he served as alderman until 
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1996; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Prior to his service as an alderman, Lafayette 
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Shaw served as a fixture as a custodian with the City of 
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Danville 34 years until his retirement in 1991; in 1987, he 
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retired from General Motors; he also worked at Crosspoint Human 
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Services; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw was a member of the Carter 
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Metropolitan C.M.E. Church since 1946; he was a member of the 
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church's steward board, serving as the board's chairman for 
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about 40 years; he was president of the board of stewards for 
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the Chicago district; he served as an usher, class leader, and 
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trustee; he also earned an award from the Third Episcopal 
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District for his work with the church in 2006; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw was involved in the planning of 
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renovations to Carver Park in Danville; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw was a Golden Gloves boxer in the 
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1940s; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw was a member of the local chapter 
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of the NAACP, the MLK Celebration Committee, and the Illinois 
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Elks Lodge 147; he was honored with the past grand exalted 
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ruler degree in 1984 and also the Martin Luther King 
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Humanitarian Award; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw was named a special deputy sheriff 
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under Sheriff Clyde Tabor and special policeman under two 
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mayors; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Lafayette Shaw will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved him as a passionate, confident, humorous, and strong 
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man whose dedication to his family and his community were 
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unmatched; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of 
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Lafayette Shaw; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Lafayette Shaw as an expression of 
 


 






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our sympathy.