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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois 
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learned with regret of the death of Mary Shirley Baumann of 
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Naperville on Thursday, September 28, 2006; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 
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18, 1928, to Gustave and Mary Flannery Berglund; she attended 
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Beverly Hills High School in California; she graduated from 
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Ursuline Academy in St. Louis and then attended Washington 
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University on a part-time basis; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was united in marriage to Robert W. Baumann in 
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1955 at Notre Dame in the Log Chapel; they moved to the Chicago 
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area in 1960, settling in Naperville in 1965, where she was 
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active in the Naperville Woman's Club for nearly 40 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Baumann was instrumental behind the scenes in 
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the development and support of Naperville Settlement and the 
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Naperville Art League; she was also an active member of the 
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Naperville Heritage Society for many years; she was a past 
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president of the Naperville Woman's Club and was co-chairman of 
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the Woman's Club Art Fair for many years, and today it is the 
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longest-continuously running art fair in Illinois; she worked 
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to keep the Art Fair from becoming a craft fair and assembled a 
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jury of judges who gave awards to local artists; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Shirley and her late husband had the shared 
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priority of educating their children; all eight received 
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college degrees, and many pursued advanced degrees; Mrs. 
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Baumann graduated from the Institute for Management at 
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Benedictine University in 1982; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Her enduring Catholic faith was an integral part 
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of her life and an example to her family; she was a Sts. Peter 
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and Paul parishioner; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Shirley Baumann has been 
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deeply felt by many, especially her children and their spouses, 
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Margaret (Dennis Beedle), Catherine (Robert Baima), Olivia 
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(Robin) Lauezzari, Mary (Michael) Jawor, Robert (Laura), 
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Oliver (Ann-Marie), Alice (James Katovich), and Rosemarie 
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(Michael) Mendrys; her many cherished grandchildren and 
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step-grandchildren; her brother, Brian Berglund; and her 
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faithful dog, Heidi; she was preceded in death by her husband, 
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Robert; her sister, Audrey (the late Raymond) Kannapell; and 
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her nephew, William Flannery Berglund; she was also a beloved 
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and respected Aunt "Babe"; and a dear friend to many; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Mary Shirley Baumann, and we extend our sincere condolences to 
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her family, her friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.