Bill Text: IL SR2105 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Robert Ross Shapland Sr. of Savoy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR2105 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2105-Introduced.html
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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 Robert Ross "Bob" Shapland Sr. of Savoy, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on September 26, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bob Shapland was a longtime resident of the | ||||||
6 | Champaign-Urbana area; he attended University Avenue Grade | ||||||
7 | School and Champaign High School; he graduated with high honors | ||||||
8 | from the University of Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of | ||||||
9 | Science in Civil Engineering in 1946; while serving in the | ||||||
10 | United States Navy as a pilot, he married Nell Ruth O'Byrne; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, Bob Shapland was instrumental in the growth of | ||||||
13 | Champaign; in 1955, he founded Lincolnshire Realty, purchased a | ||||||
14 | tract of farmland, and personally laid out the streets and | ||||||
15 | designed the infrastructure for the Lincolnshire subdivision; | ||||||
16 | his firm then purchased a second tract of land and developed | ||||||
17 | Lincolnshire Fields subdivision, and he personally performed | ||||||
18 | the infrastructure design work once again; because he loved the | ||||||
19 | game of golf, he also hired a golf course architect to | ||||||
20 | incorporate a golf course into the fabric of the development; | ||||||
21 | and
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22 | WHEREAS, Bob Shapland was a longtime member of the Rotary |
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1 | Club and a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 24; he | ||||||
2 | was a talented artist and lifelong sports fan, who attended the | ||||||
3 | inaugural all-star baseball game in Chicago in 1933; he was | ||||||
4 | highly principled and had a generous nature and a wry sense of | ||||||
5 | humor; he was a dedicated supporter of his children's many | ||||||
6 | activities; most of all, he was a devoted husband; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Bob Shapland was preceded in death by his wife of | ||||||
8 | 61 years, Nell; his brothers, John, Earl, and James; and many | ||||||
9 | of his friends, including Jack O'Byrne, Roy Hoppe, and John | ||||||
10 | McBride; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Bob Shapland is survived by his children, Jon | ||||||
12 | (Marsha) Shapland, Bob (Whitney) Shapland Jr., Tom (Lucy) | ||||||
13 | Shapland, Sheri Shapland, Susan (Dan) Shapland Katsion, and | ||||||
14 | Rebecca (Rich) Shapland Cline; his brother, George; his 20 | ||||||
15 | grandchildren; and his 18 great-grandchildren; therefore, be | ||||||
16 | it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
19 | Robert Ross "Bob" Shapland Sr. and extend our sincere | ||||||
20 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
21 | him; and be it further
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22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the family of Bob Shapland as an expression of our | ||||||
2 | deepest sympathy.
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