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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Marjorie L. Stevens of Richmond, who 
4passed away on April 26, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Marjorie Stevens was born in Libertyville to 
6Irving and Georgia (Vasey) Townsend on October 15, 1930;   she 
7graduated from Richmond-Burton High School in 1948 and  married 
8J. Robert Stevens Sr. in Richmond on March 5, 1949; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Marjorie Stevens was the first woman bus driver 
10for Richmond-Burton Schools; she drove for 33 years, retiring 
11in 1995; she also served as dispatcher for the Richmond Fire 
12Department; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Marjorie Stevens was a charter member of the 
14Richmond Trailblazers and a Cub Scout den mother; she received 
15the Richmond Rotary "Person of the Year" award in 1999; she was 
16an avid supporter of her children, grandchildren, and 
17great-grandchildren's extra-curricular activities; she drove 
18countless students on her bus routes over the years and, later 
19on, their kids, always referring to each of them as "one of her 
20kids"; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Marjorie Stevens was preceded in death by her 
 
 
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1parents; her husband, Robert; her daughter, Judy Stevens; her 
2granddaughter, Melissa Petska; her great-grandson, Braden 
3Petska; her two sisters, Shirley Nelson and Georgia Brough; her 
4brother, Richard Townsend; and her brother-in-law, Robert 
5Edinger; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Marjorie Stevens is survived by her three 
7daughters, Lois (Harvey) Petska, Pam Kopacz (Dave Palcek), and  
8Anna Penza (Jim Ross); her four sons, Bill (LaVerne) Stevens, 
9Ray (Peg) Stevens, Bob (Joy) Stevens Jr.,  and Larry (Marlene) 
10Stevens; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; her five 
11sisters, Rosella Edinger, Joan Miller, Luella (Ken) Bishop, 
12Betty (Dave) Gregory, and Charlotte (Steve) Schaid; her three 
13brothers, Irving (Beverly) Townsend, Wendell Townsend, and 
14Donald (Edie) Townsend; and her two brothers-in-law, Richard 
15Nelson and Harry Brough; therefore, be it
  
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
17ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
18Marjorie L. Stevens, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
19family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
20further
  
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
22presented to  the family of  Marjorie Stevens as an expression of 
23our deepest sympathy.