Bill Text: IL HR0586 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Virginia Weaver of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Resolution Adopted [HR0586 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0586-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Virginia | ||||||
| 4 | Weaver of Peoria, who passed away on June 3, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver was born in Eureka; her parents | ||||||
| 6 | were Ora and Ella Garber; she married Robert Weaver on June 3, | ||||||
| 7 | 1945; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, After graduating from Peoria High School, | ||||||
| 9 | Virginia Weaver worked at Buehler Home in the accounting | ||||||
| 10 | department; the skills she acquired there served her well as a | ||||||
| 11 | founding partner of what would become Weaver Enterprises; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver loved flowers, particularly | ||||||
| 13 | planning, developing, and working in her perennial gardens; she | ||||||
| 14 | and her husband were well known in the horse coaching and | ||||||
| 15 | carriage world; she also enjoyed spending time with her family; | ||||||
| 16 | and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver served as a Sunday school teacher | ||||||
| 18 | and church treasurer for many years; in her later years, she | ||||||
| 19 | attended the First United Methodist Church; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver and her husband were jointly | ||||||
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| 1 | honored as the Association of Fundraising Professionals | ||||||
| 2 | Philanthropists of the Year; they were also Easter Seals | ||||||
| 3 | Tribute Dinner honorees; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 5 | husband of 69 years, Robert; her parents; and her sister, | ||||||
| 6 | Shirley Roth; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver is survived by 5 children, Jerry | ||||||
| 8 | (Nancy) Weaver, Phyllis (Don) Crouch, Steve (Shelley) Weaver, | ||||||
| 9 | Karen (Bob Vespa) Weaver, and Charles (Laurie) Weaver; 20 | ||||||
| 10 | grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Virginia Weaver; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Virginia Weaver as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our sympathy.
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