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90_SR0219
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sincere sympathy to the family of Patricia
4 Tolly, who passed away on May 2, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, Patricia Tolly was born in Shelbyville, Illinois
6 on March 25, 1940; her parents were Clinton and Mary Boorom
7 Stretch; she was a 1958 graduate of Shelbyville High School
8 and attended Eastern Illinois University; on June 14, 1959
9 she married L. Richard Tolly and he preceded her in death on
10 July 23, 1977; and
11 WHEREAS, Mrs. Tolly served as the local office
12 administrator of the Illinois Department of Human Services,
13 formerly the Illinois Department of Public Aid; she was a
14 member of the First United Methodist Church of Shelbyville,
15 where she had served as president of the Church
16 Administrative Council, president of United Methodist Women,
17 and taught both children and adult Sunday school classes for
18 many years; Mrs. Tolly served as a former district officer
19 for the United Methodist Women; most recently she served as
20 health and welfare function representative of the Academy for
21 Servant Leadership of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of
22 the United Methodist Church; she was a certified lay speaker
23 and a member of the Methodists for Social Action; and
24 WHEREAS, Patricia Tolly was a former member of the
25 Shelbyville City Council, serving as both the finance and
26 public buildings and grounds commissioner; she was the first
27 female member of the Shelbyville Rotary Club, and served as
28 the Rotary Club president; she was a member of the American
29 Business Women's Association, Beta Sigma Phi, Shelby County
30 Historical Society, Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion,
31 Shelby Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Glenwood Cemetery Board,
32 Lake Shelbyville Area Chamber of Commerce, Shelbyville
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1 Chautauqua Days Committee, and many other civic
2 organizations; and
3 WHEREAS, Patricia Tolly was famous for her hat shows; her
4 shows would present the lives of women throughout the last
5 century using their hats; she created the re-enactment of the
6 Lincoln-Thornton debates and supervised the volunteers for
7 the re-enactment; Patricia Tolly loved the Shelbyville area,
8 and both projects were important to her; and
9 WHEREAS, Patricia Tolly is survived by her daughters,
10 Andrea Elam and her husband, Jeff, and Lisa Tolly; her
11 mother, Mary Heddin; her sister, Leah Burke; her
12 half-brothers, Mike Heddin and Robert Stretch; her
13 half-sisters, Judy Weber and Doris Lane; her grandchildren,
14 Abbey Elizabeth Elam and Jacob Richard Elam; her nephew,
15 Clinton Burke; her nieces, Kathy Feely and Melissa Dawson;
16 her many other nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews;
17 and her godsons, Justin Freeman and Peter Mosley; therefore,
18 be it
19 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
20 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her
21 family and friends, the death of Patricia Tolly of
22 Shelbyville, Illinois; and be it further
23 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
24 presented to the family of Patricia Tolly.