Bill Text: IL HR1544 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Dean Bishop on his retirement after 48 years as Greene County Coroner.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR1544 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1544-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Dean Bishop on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of his retirement after 48 years of serving in the | ||||||
| 5 | Greene County Coroner's Office; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Dean Bishop became a licensed funeral director in | ||||||
| 7 | 1963; he has served for the past 24 years as the Greene County | ||||||
| 8 | Coroner; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dean Bishop and his late wife, Brenda, were the | ||||||
| 10 | third generation owners of the third-longest, family-owned | ||||||
| 11 | funeral home in Illinois, which opened in 1898 and is currently | ||||||
| 12 | known as the Shields-Bishop Funeral Home in Greenfield; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Dean Bishop and Brenda organized and assisted with | ||||||
| 14 | several fundraisers over the years to help individuals and | ||||||
| 15 | families with illnesses and hardships, including the Friend in | ||||||
| 16 | Deed program; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dean Bishop is active in Greenfield United | ||||||
| 18 | Methodist Church, where he has held numerous leadership roles, | ||||||
| 19 | including as head of the Bible school; he is active with the | ||||||
| 20 | local Lions Club, where he served as President; he was a Little | ||||||
| 21 | League Baseball manager and served as Khoury League | ||||||
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| 1 | Commissioner; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Dean Bishop was recently honored for over 50 years | ||||||
| 3 | as the announcer for the Greenfield High School Tigers football | ||||||
| 4 | games; he was also the scorekeeper for Tigers basketball and | ||||||
| 5 | made two trips to the State basketball tournament as the head | ||||||
| 6 | scorekeeper; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 8 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 9 | congratulate Dean Bishop on his retirement after 48 years of | ||||||
| 10 | serving in the Greene County Coroner's Office, and we wish him | ||||||
| 11 | the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to Dean Bishop as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 14 | respect.
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