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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 John Joseph Shay of McHenry, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on January 8, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Shay was born on March 21, 1930 in Chicago to | ||||||
6 | Harry and Margurite (nee Murphy) Shay; he attended Saint Philip | ||||||
7 | Basilica High School in Chicago, Servite High School in | ||||||
8 | Chicago, and the Novitiate at Mt. St. Philip in Granville, | ||||||
9 | Wisconsin; he married Alyce Joyce Bykowski on October 4, 1958; | ||||||
10 | and
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11 | WHEREAS, John Shay graduated from Worsham College of | ||||||
12 | Mortuary Science in Chicago in 1956 and became a licensed | ||||||
13 | Illinois funeral director; he began working for George R. | ||||||
14 | Justen & Son Funeral Home (now Justen Funeral Home & Crematory) | ||||||
15 | in McHenry, where he also operated the ambulance service; he | ||||||
16 | and his wife, opened Shay Music World on Green Street in 1960; | ||||||
17 | he was also the director of the McHenry County Emergency | ||||||
18 | Services and Disaster Agency from 1969 until his retirement in | ||||||
19 | 1994, and had previously served as the civil defense director | ||||||
20 | for McHenry; he was a long-time member of Company One of the | ||||||
21 | McHenry Township Fire Protection District, where he served as | ||||||
22 | secretary for many years; he was one of the founders and first | ||||||
23 | commander of the Chain-O-Lakes Water Patrol, serving as a |
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1 | McHenry County Deputy Sheriff; and
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2 | WHEREAS, John Shay helped contribute a great deal to the | ||||||
3 | safety and security of his community; he developed the mass | ||||||
4 | casualty plan later adopted by the Federal Emergency Management | ||||||
5 | Agency as its prototype and worked with police agencies in the | ||||||
6 | county to establish an organized response when a town is | ||||||
7 | over-taxed by an incident; he produced a cable television show | ||||||
8 | for 13 years called "Your Chance to Live" and was instrumental | ||||||
9 | in establishing the Emergency Telephone System Board; he served | ||||||
10 | as treasurer of the Illinois Emergency Number Association, | ||||||
11 | past-President of the Illinois Emergency Services Management | ||||||
12 | Association, and treasurer of the National Coordinating | ||||||
13 | Council on Emergency Management, which honored him as | ||||||
14 | outstanding local emergency manager in the United States; he | ||||||
15 | was also past-President of the American Society of Professional | ||||||
16 | Emergency Planners and active in the McHenry County Fire Chiefs | ||||||
17 | Association, where he helped support and establish the MABAS | ||||||
18 | system; he was a member of the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association | ||||||
19 | and in 2008, the International Association of Fire Chiefs | ||||||
20 | awarded him a lifetime membership; he served on the board that | ||||||
21 | advised FEMA on integrated emergency management; in 1995, he | ||||||
22 | was honored by the City of McHenry by being named the McHenry | ||||||
23 | Fiesta Days parade marshal; and | ||||||
24 | WHEREAS, John Shay was a member of The Church of Holy |
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1 | Apostles in McHenry, where he served as President of the | ||||||
2 | Pastoral Council, Director of Administrative Services, | ||||||
3 | extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, funeral coordinator, | ||||||
4 | and was instrumental in the motivation and establishment of the | ||||||
5 | first 24/7 Adoration Chapel in McHenry County; he was a member | ||||||
6 | of the Knights of Columbus Council #128, where he was a 4th | ||||||
7 | degree knight; and
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8 | WHEREAS, John Shay was preceded in death by his parents, | ||||||
9 | and by his sister, Maureen Delaney; and
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10 | WHEREAS, John Shay is survived by his wife of 55 years, | ||||||
11 | Alyce; his sons, Kevin Shay and Darren (Debby) Shay; his | ||||||
12 | grandchildren, Ryan (Kristina) Shay and Scott (Terri Butko) | ||||||
13 | Shay; and his niece, Peggy Grandahl; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
16 | John Joseph Shay, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
17 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
18 | further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the family of John Shay as an expression of our | ||||||
21 | deepest sympathy.
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