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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 express their sadness at hearing of the death of Reverend
4 Doctor Rudolph S. Shoultz of Springfield; and
5 WHEREAS, Reverend Shoultz was born in St. Thomas,
6 Jamaica, on July 24, 1918; his parents were Norman A. and
7 Wilda Shoultz; in 1951 he married Vera Pearson; and
8 WHEREAS, Reverend Shoultz attended Moody Bible Institute
9 and the Chicago Baptist Institute; he received a Doctor of
10 Divinity degree from the Ministerial Institute and College in
11 West Point, Mississippi; he received a Doctor of Humanities
12 degree from the United Theological Seminary in Monroe,
13 Louisiana; and
14 WHEREAS, Reverend Shoultz served the St. Paul Baptist
15 Church in Freeport as an assistant pastor for four years and
16 the Second Baptist Church in Dixon as a pastor for eleven
17 years; in 1968 he began serving the Union Baptist Church in
18 Springfield, where he served until his death; and
19 WHEREAS, Reverend Shoultz began The Radio Ministry in
20 1972, and the program ran until 1999; he also built 24
21 low-rise senior apartments; he was involved with the Baptist
22 Pastors' Fellowship, Springfield Ministerial Alliance, Wood
23 River Baptist District Association, Baptist General State
24 Convention of Illinois, Baptist State Congress of Christian
25 Education (auxiliary of the State Convention), and the
26 National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.; and
27 WHEREAS, Reverend Shoultz was a member of the Springfield
28 Urban League, and a life member of the NAACP; he served on
29 the United Way board, the Chamber of Commerce, and the
30 Springfield Housing Authority; he was a 33-degree Mason in
31 Central Lodge 3 and Menelik Consistory 49; he was appointed
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1 to the Springfield Sanitary District Board, the Illinois
2 Housing Development Board, and the Illinois Human Rights
3 Commission; he was elected to the Springfield Metropolitan
4 Exposition and Auditorium Authority (Prairie Capital
5 Convention Center Board), and he served on the Cemetery
6 Board; and
7 WHEREAS, Reverend Rudolph Shoultz is survived by his
8 wife, Vera; his sons, Norman (Flavia) Shoultz and Tony E.
9 Shoultz; his daughters, Michele Hughes and Jacqueline
10 Shoultz; his ten grandchildren; his great-granddaughter; his
11 brothers, the Reverend Hector Edwards, Stanley, and Egbert;
12 his sisters, Daisy Campbell and Hilda Edwards; and many
13 nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
16 all that knew this beloved man of God, the death of Reverend
17 Rudolph Shoultz; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19 presented to the family of Reverend Rudolph Shoultz.