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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Darrell Dean Beazly of Mansfield, who 
4passed away on July 22, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly was born on September 12, 1937 in 
6Champaign; his parents were Percy Webb Beazly and Eleanor 
7Randel Beazly; he married Carol Elaine Trimble on January 1, 
81959 in Mansfield; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly taught food inspection for the 
10United States Army in the Meat and Dairy Hygiene School in 
11Chicago; after three years in the Army, he farmed near 
12Mansfield from 1963 until his passing; he and his family also 
13operated a Radio Shack franchise store in Monticello for 18 
14years and a True Value Hardware since 1991; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly was a graduate of the University of 
16Illinois College of Agriculture; an early adopter of new 
17technologies in agriculture, he enjoyed a challenge and became 
18interested in computers in the late 1970s; he taught the first 
19agriculture computing classes at Parkland Community College in 
20the early 1980s; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly was a life member of the Mansfield 
 
 
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1United Methodist Church; he was a 4-H leader with the Piatt 
2County 4-H and Agriculture Extension Councils for many years; 
3he was also active in the Monticello Rotary Club; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly enjoyed traveling in the United 
5States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and South America; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly was preceded in death by his 
7parents and his brothers, George Beazly and James Beazly; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Darrell Beazly is survived by his wife, Carol; his 
9sons, Randel (Simone) Beazly and Bruce Beazly; his grandsons, 
10Geoffry and Simon; his sister, Mary Louis Koch; his 
11sisters-in-law, Faye Beazly and Evelyn Beazly; and many nieces 
12and nephews, including Timothy Whitney; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his 
15family and friends, mourn the passing of Darrell Dean Beazly; 
16and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Darrell Beazly as an expression of 
19our sympathy.