Full Text of SR1071 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened at | 3 | | the death of Roy C. Shuff of Shelbyville, who passed away on | 4 | | May 31, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff was born in Dugout, on September 29, | 6 | | 1940 to Edgar C. and Retta B. (nee Osborn) Shuff; he graduated | 7 | | from Shelbyville High School in 1958 and attended Sparks | 8 | | Business College in Shelbyville; he married Marilyn J. Franks | 9 | | on January 14, 1962 at the First Christian Church in Vandalia; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff began working at Gene & Barney's in | 12 | | Shelbyville; he later worked for El Bauer Chevrolet in Decatur | 13 | | and then the Prudential Insurance Company in Springfield; he | 14 | | returned to Shelbyville and purchased the Earl Riley Insurance | 15 | | Agency in 1977, which later became Shelbyville Insurance | 16 | | Services, Inc.; he retired in 2006 and worked for Grabb Motors | 17 | | in Shelbyville; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff was a member of Jackson Masonic Lodge | 19 | | #53 of Shelbyville, the Ansar Shrine of Springfield, the Shelby | 20 | | Country Shrine Club, the Greater Shelbyville Area Chamber of | 21 | | Commerce, the Shelby Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, | 22 | | where he served as President, First United Methodist Church, |
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| 1 | | where he served on the Trustees and Finance Committee, and | 2 | | Moose Lodge #1294 of Shelbyville; he also served on the Shelby | 3 | | County Economic Development Committee and the Chautaugua | 4 | | Committee in Shelbyville; he enjoyed helping with the 4th of | 5 | | July celebrations in Shelbyville and collected money for the | 6 | | fire works; he also helped collect money for the Shriners | 7 | | through their coloring books; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff was elected mayor of Shelbyville in 2007 | 9 | | and served in that capacity until his passing; as mayor he | 10 | | accomplished the retention of International Paper, the opening | 11 | | of the Chapala Mexican Grill, and the Downtown Streetscape | 12 | | Project; he enjoyed the Sister City program with Okuwa, Japan | 13 | | and was part of the Shelbyville delegation that traveled to | 14 | | Japan in 2008; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff enjoyed playing and watching sports; he | 16 | | played on the Shelbyville Merchants fast-pitch softball team | 17 | | for many years; he was a die-hard fan of the Illini, the Los | 18 | | Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Bears, and USAC Open Wheel Racing; | 19 | | he took great pride and supported all of the interests of his | 20 | | children and grandchildren; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff was preceded in death by his parents; | 22 | | his brothers, Raymond Fulte and Arthur Glen Shuff; and by his | 23 | | sister, Letha Fulte; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Roy Shuff is survived by his wife, Marilyn; his | 2 | | sons, Troy and Terry Shuff; his daughters, Tracie (Patrick) | 3 | | Helton and Tami Shuff; his grandchildren, Charlie Shuff, | 4 | | Jennier Shuff (Mike Boring), Hilary Shuff, and Sydnie Helton; | 5 | | and his dogs, Maggie, Molly, and Dhasi; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Roy C. Shuff, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | 9 | | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Roy Shuff as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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