Full Text of SR0853 102nd General Assembly
SR0853 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | SR0853 | | LRB102 26340 ECR 36428 r |
|
| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Paul O. Rust of South Jacksonville, | 4 | | who passed away on February 8, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust was born to Heike Albert and Gladys | 6 | | Mariann Stubblefield Rust in Ipava on December 1, 1924; he | 7 | | graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1942; he entered | 8 | | Illinois College (IC) in 1942 before serving in the U.S. Air | 9 | | Force at Bolling Field, Washington D.C. from 1943 to 1946; he | 10 | | earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Illinois College | 11 | | in 1949, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Literary | 12 | | Society and the choir and played football; he married Lois | 13 | | Jane Smith at Central Christian Church in Jacksonville on July | 14 | | 24, 1949; he earned his master's degree in Education from the | 15 | | University of Illinois in 1954; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust managed the Nichols Park swimming pool | 17 | | from 1949 to 1951, during which time the pool was | 18 | | desegregated; he taught and coached six-man football at | 19 | | Franklin High School from 1949 to 1951; he then worked for | 20 | | Jacksonville School District #117 from 1952 to 1987, where he | 21 | | taught at Franklin Elementary School for 19 years, Turner | 22 | | Junior High School for 12 years, and Eisenhower Elementary | 23 | | School for four years; during the summer months, he served as a |
| | | SR0853 | - 2 - | LRB102 26340 ECR 36428 r |
|
| 1 | | crop hail claims adjuster for Country Companies for 25 years; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust served as president and regional | 4 | | representative for the Jacksonville Education Association, a | 5 | | delegate for the Illinois Education Association, an Illinois | 6 | | delegate to the National Education Association (NEA), and a | 7 | | board member of the Illinois College Alumni Association; he | 8 | | was a life member of the NEA; he was also a member of the | 9 | | Illinois Retired Teachers Association (IRTA) and Phi Delta | 10 | | Kappa; he was a committee member and merit badge counselor of | 11 | | the South Jacksonville Boy Scout Troop 113; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust was an ordained elder, emeritus, of the | 13 | | Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in | 14 | | Jacksonville, where he drove the church bus and was a member of | 15 | | the church choir for more than 40 years; he served on the World | 16 | | Outreach Committee and participated in mission trips to | 17 | | Paraguay and Thailand; he also served as a volunteer for | 18 | | Doorbell Dinners and the Jacksonville Food Center; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust was named the Illinois College | 20 | | Distinguished Citizen in 1992; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust enjoyed woodworking, photography, and | 22 | | traveling to all 50 states, all seven continents, and many |
| | | SR0853 | - 3 - | LRB102 26340 ECR 36428 r |
|
| 1 | | countries; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust was preceded in death by his sisters, | 3 | | Elizabeth Ann "Bettie" Doolin and Christina Mae "Tena" Martin; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Paul Rust is survived by his wife; his son, Paul | 6 | | Wesley (Deb) Rust; his daughter, Sarah Lois Rust Reinke; his | 7 | | granddaughters, Heather Colwell, Laura Books, Ginny Walsh, and | 8 | | Emma Reinke; his eight great-grandchildren; and an | 9 | | International Christian Youth Exchange student from Finland | 10 | | who lived with the family for a year and is loved as a | 11 | | daughter, Eeva Laukkanen; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 14 | | Paul O. Rust and extend our sincere
condolences to his family, | 15 | | friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 17 | | presented to the family of Paul Rust as an expression of
our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
|
|