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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of Shirley A. Behymer of Versailles, who |
4 | | passed away on February 20, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Behymer was born on November 16, 1938, in |
6 | | Elkhorn Township in Brown County to Jesse Sr. and Elva Mae |
7 | | Carpenter Smith; she attended rural Brown County schools and |
8 | | then attended Brown County High School; she married Richard G. |
9 | | Behymer on December 18, 1955, in Mount Sterling; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Behymer was a homemaker and assisted her |
11 | | husband as a bookkeeper for B & B Welding and Repair in |
12 | | Augusta; she also worked for the ammunition plant in |
13 | | Burlington, Iowa, and was a school bus driver for several |
14 | | years; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Behymer enjoyed quilting, sewing, |
16 | | listening to music, hunting for mushrooms, and raising flowers; |
17 | | her greatest joy was spending time with her family; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Behymer was preceded in death by her |
19 | | husband; her parents; her brothers, Lyle, Ray, Jesse Jr., Glen, |
20 | | and Oliver Smith; and her sister, Mary Parker; and
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