Full Text of SR0104 95th General Assembly
SR0104 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| wish to express their sincere condolences to the family and | 4 |
| friends of B. H. "Duffy" Bass of Normal who passed away on | 5 |
| Wednesday, March 14, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the Illinois State University Redbirds | 7 |
| men's baseball coach from 1963 to 1988; by his third year the | 8 |
| Redbirds were 28 and 4 and made the first of five straight | 9 |
| trips to the College Division (Division II) postseason; he was | 10 |
| the winningest coach in ISU history for any sport, compiling a | 11 |
| 713-457-18 record and took his 1969 team to the College | 12 |
| Division national championship with a record of 33 and 5; he | 13 |
| was named Coach of the Year in 1970; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a native of Toluca and played the position | 15 |
| of catcher for ISU during the years of 1946 to 1950; he was a | 16 |
| teacher and coach at U High before earning his masters and | 17 |
| doctorate degrees in education from Louisiana State; and
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| WHEREAS, He was active in baseball after retirement; he was | 19 |
| general manager of the Twin City Stars, a Central Illinois | 20 |
| Collegiate League team he founded in 1982; he made youth | 21 |
| baseball-related trips to Japan and Cuba; his impact on Twin | 22 |
| Cities baseball is reflected each spring when ISU faces |
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| Illinois Wesleyan in the Horenberger-Bass Classic; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a longtime McClean County Board member | 3 |
| beginning in July of 1979 when he was appointed to fill an | 4 |
| unexpired term in District 5; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of B. H. "Duffy" Bass has been deeply | 6 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Helen Matone Bass; his | 7 |
| children, Linda E. Bass, James D. (Susan) Bass, and Lori J. | 8 |
| Weidig; his three grandchildren; his brother, Russell (Nellie) | 9 |
| Bass; and his sister, Phyllis (Jerry) Prunty; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 |
| B. H. "Duffy" Bass, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 13 |
| his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 17 |
| sympathy.
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