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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Wolford John Shane Sr., who passed
4away on July 26, 2023; and
 
5    WHEREAS, John Shane was born to Wolford M. Shane and
6Amelia Raimer Shane in Danville on June 17, 1942; he attended
7Danville High School and Bradley University, playing on the
8golf team at both; he married Susan Strand Shane in 1966; and
 
9    WHEREAS, After college, John Shane became the fourth
10generation of his family to work at the Wolford Cannon Hoecker
11Insurance Agency, where he became president in 1974; his
12agency was purchased by Old National Bank in 2001, and he
13retired in 2006; and
 
14    WHEREAS, John Shane cared deeply for his community and
15worked to make it a better place to live; he served as
16president of the Danville Area Community College for two
17separate terms, first chairman of the Provena/USMC Foundation,
18campaign chair and chairman of the board for United Way, and
19treasurer of Springhill Cemetery for over 20 years; he served
20as president of the Danville Country Club, president of the
21Danville Jaycees and Junior Achievement, and president of the
22Noon Rotary Club; he was a member of the Vermilion Healthcare

 

 

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1Foundation for over 20 years and served as chairman for two
2years; and
 
3    WHEREAS, John Shane received the AMBUCS Danville First
4Citizen Award in 1999; he developed many friendships through
5his activities in the community, which he nurtured; he will be
6especially remembered for his kindness; and
 
7    WHEREAS, John Shane loved playing golf; he won the
8Danville Country Club championship seven times and the
9Inter-Club tournament three times; he competed in the Illinois
10State Senior Amateur Championship and the Illinois State
11Amateur Championship, making the cut a few times; and
 
12    WHEREAS, John Shane was preceded in death by his parents
13and his sister, Susan Shane Herriott; and
 
14    WHEREAS, John Shane is survived by his wife; his children,
15Wolford John Shane Jr., Pamela (Dan) Shane German, and Steven
16Donald Shane; his grandchildren, Donald Keith Shane, Molly
17Elizabeth Shane, Lauren Amelia German, Michael Anthony German,
18Sylvie Lucille Shane, and John (Mack) McKee Shane; therefore,
19be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Wolford John Shane Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to
2his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of John Shane as an expression of our
6deepest sympathy.