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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 Stanley Eugene "Slug" Milby of Rushville, |
| 4 | | who passed away on September 26, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Milby was born in Rushville on February |
| 6 | | 11,
1933 to Frank and
Lourean Lang Milby; he was raised and |
| 7 | | educated in
Rushville and served in the United States
Army |
| 8 | | during the Korean War, where he played golf on the Army
team, |
| 9 | | which allowed him to travel throughout many countries; he |
| 10 | | returned to Rushville after his honorable discharge in
1955; |
| 11 | | and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Milby worked as a meat cutter for the |
| 13 | | Mickelberry
Meat Packing Co., Bartlow Brothers Meat Packing |
| 14 | | Co., Oscar
Mayer & Company, and Excel Corporation, before |
| 15 | | retiring; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Milby was an avid golfer and was involved |
| 17 | | with the Scripps
Park Golf Course for over 70 years, starting |
| 18 | | as a caddy
at age 12 and moving on to manage the pro-shop; his
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| 19 | | involvement in Scripps Park was his passion; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Milby was a
member of Schuyler American |
| 21 | | Legion Post #4 and Guthrie
Pierce Post #1239, Veterans of |
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| 1 | | Foreign Wars; he was a
member of the Military Honors Guard, |
| 2 | | playing taps on the bugle
at many funerals and other services; |
| 3 | | he was also a member of
the Beardstown Elks Lodge #1007 B.P.O.; |
| 4 | | he was proud to
be a Democrat and was an avid Chicago Cubs fan; |
| 5 | | and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Milby was preceded in death by his |
| 7 | | parents; his 2 brothers, Glen and Frank Milby; his sister, |
| 8 | | Evelyn Lohry; his sister-in-law, Jenette
Milby; his niece, |
| 9 | | Debbie Gregory; and his nephew-in-law, Ed
Dean; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Milby is survived by his nephews, John
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| 11 | | Claassen (Sue), David Claassen (Cathy), and Glenn Claassen; his |
| 12 | | nieces, Vickie Dean and Patti Sorg (Ron); his nephew-in-law, |
| 13 | | Dave
Gregory; and several great and great-great-nieces and
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| 14 | | nephews; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Stanley Eugene "Slug" Milby, and extend our sincere condolences |
| 18 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
| 19 | | it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Stanley Milby as an expression of |
| 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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