Full Text of SR0775 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Michael "Tuna" McElroy of Decatur, who | 4 | | passed away on July 17, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Michael McElroy was born in Aurora on March 2, | 6 | | 1952 to Dick and Betty McElroy; he graduated from
St. Teresa | 7 | | High School in 1970 and went on to receive an associate's | 8 | | degree from Danville
Area Community College; he married Lynn | 9 | | Tuttle on June 21, 1980 in Danville; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Michael McElroy served as the Vice-President of | 11 | | Skeff Distributing Company; he served on Decatur's City
Council | 12 | | from 2003 through 2009, and as Mayor of Decatur for the past 6 | 13 | | years; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Michael McElroy was a member of
Holy Family | 15 | | Catholic Church; he served on the board of directors for the | 16 | | Association
of Beer Distributors of Illinois, the Illinois | 17 | | Municipal League, the YMCA, Friends of St. Mary's, the St. | 18 | | Teresa Development
Board, the Summer Start Festival, the | 19 | | Knights of Columbus, and the Danville Area Convention and | 20 | | Visitors' Bureau; he was past
President of the Danville | 21 | | Jaycess, past United States JCI Senator, and former State | 22 | | Muscular Dystrophy Chair; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Michael McElroy was preceded in death by his | 2 | | parents; his in-laws, Jim and Ginny
Tuttle; and his sister, | 3 | | Anne McElroy; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Michael McElroy is survived by wife of 35 years, | 5 | | Lynn; his son, Matt (Christina); his siblings, Pat, Tim | 6 | | (Leslie), and
Ellen; his brother-in-law, Lee Tuttle; his nieces | 7 | | and nephews, Hilary and Colin Runion, Conor,
Brennan, and Dixie | 8 | | McElroy, Byrnes Kenworth, and Colleen (Jarid) Thompson and | 9 | | great-niece,
Remi; Hayden Athey; Greg (Annie) and Maggie | 10 | | Tuttle; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Michael "Tuna" McElroy, and extend our sincere condolences to | 14 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Michael McElroy as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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