Full Text of SR0728 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Sheldon C. Bell of Plainfield, who passed | 4 | | away on July 13, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sheldon Bell was born in Oswego to Dr. Sheldon F. | 6 | | and Ellen P. (Lofdahl) Bell on May 2, 1934; he graduated from | 7 | | Oswego High School in 1952 and Northern Illinois University in | 8 | | 1957 with a degree in chemistry; he married Patricia F. Conner | 9 | | on September 8, 1956; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sheldon Bell was president of Coldwell Banker | 11 | | Bell, formerly Bell Realty, which was founded in 1960 by his | 12 | | uncle, James C. Bell; he was president of the Will County Board | 13 | | of Realtors from 1967 to 1968 and was named Illinois Realtor of | 14 | | the Year in 1984; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Sheldon Bell served with the First National Bank | 16 | | of Joliet Board of Directors, the Center For Economic | 17 | | Development, and the Joliet Fire and Police Board; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Sheldon Bell was a Master Mason at Raven Lodge 303 | 19 | | in Oswego; he was a member of the Scottish Rite - Valley of | 20 | | Chicago, the Shriner at Medinah Temple in Chicago, the Phi | 21 | | Sigma Epsilon Fraternity, and Grace United Methodist Church; he |
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| 1 | | was an avid pilot; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Sheldon Bell was preceded in death by his parents | 3 | | and his great-granddaughter, Rose Sherman; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Sheldon Bell is survived by his wife, Patricia; | 5 | | his daughters, Kristin (Thomas) Mulvey, Melissa (Lloyd) | 6 | | Meinhart, and Amy (Christopher) Dow; his grandchildren, Dr. | 7 | | Megan (Dr. Darrin) Worthington, Patrick (Marika) Mulvey, | 8 | | Lauren (Alec) Sherman, Conner (Rachel) Meinhart, Matthew | 9 | | Meinhart, and Benjamin and Emily Dow; his | 10 | | great-granddaughters, Grace, Claire, and Molly Worthington, | 11 | | and Eleanor Sherman; his two sisters, Lynn (Frank) Simmons and | 12 | | Justice Rita B. (late Gil) Garman; and several nieces and | 13 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Sheldon C. Bell, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Sheldon Bell as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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