Full Text of SR0482 93rd General Assembly
SR0482 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS,
The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | 3 |
| saddened to learn of the death
of State Senator Stanley B. | 4 |
| Weaver on November 11, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Stan devoted his life to public service for nearly | 6 |
| 45 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as Mayor of Urbana from May 1957 to | 8 |
| January 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the Illinois Senate from 1970 to | 10 |
| 2002, after one term
in the House of Representatives; and
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| WHEREAS, He was named to the newly-created position of | 12 |
| Senate Majority Leader
in 1997, after serving as Assistant | 13 |
| Senate Leader for 22 years; and
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| WHEREAS, As a lawmaker, Stan's priorities were always those | 15 |
| of the people he
represented - quality education, agriculture, | 16 |
| economic
development, and
conservation; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a strong advocate for the University of | 18 |
| Illinois, helping it
become one of the best institutions of | 19 |
| higher education in the nation; and
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| WHEREAS, When Senator Weaver rose to speak in the Senate, | 21 |
| people recognized
his command of the issues - and listened; and
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| WHEREAS, He was well known for his skills in bringing | 23 |
| people to the table,
both to forge compromises in legislative | 24 |
| stalemates and to play poker with his
friends and colleagues | 25 |
| after the work of the day was done; and
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| WHEREAS, Stan was held in the highest esteem by his |
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| colleagues and
constituents from both political parties; and
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| WHEREAS, Stan Weaver was the unquestioned dean of the | 3 |
| Illinois Senate; and
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| WHEREAS, Stan Weaver was born May 23, 1925, in Harrisburg, | 5 |
| graduated from
Urbana public schools, attended Michigan State | 6 |
| College and the University of
Illinois, and graduated from the | 7 |
| Indiana College of Mortuary Science; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the Army Air Force during World War | 9 |
| II in the Southwest
Pacific Theater, earning five battle stars; | 10 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Air Force crew that flew | 12 |
| peace delegates to
Tokyo,
Japan, to the ceremonies ending the | 13 |
| war; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars | 15 |
| and the American
Legion; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a mortician by trade and owned the Weaver | 17 |
| Memorial Chapel
funeral home, later joining with the former | 18 |
| Champaign County Coroner Tom
Henderson to operate the | 19 |
| Weaver-Henderson Funeral Home in Urbana; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure as Mayor of Urbana, a new city | 21 |
| building and
Lincoln Square, one of the first indoor shopping | 22 |
| malls in downstate Illinois,
were built; and
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| WHEREAS, He was past president of the Illinois Municipal | 24 |
| League; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned the rare distinction of 33rd Degree | 26 |
| Mason with his
longtime service with the Masonic Lodge, | 27 |
| Danville Consistory; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a 50-year member of the Mohammed Shrine in | 2 |
| Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the International Chili | 4 |
| Society; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, | 6 |
| Mary; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his son, Blake; his daughter, | 8 |
| Sherry; and two
granddaughters, Lindsay and Jessica; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the loss of | 12 |
| Stan Weaver and his service to the State of Illinois, while at | 13 |
| the same time celebrating his legacy of quiet, effective | 14 |
| leadership and commitment to the greater good; and be it | 15 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this preamble and | 17 |
| resolution be presented
to the children and grandchildren of | 18 |
| our friend, Stan Weaver, with our sincere
sympathies and our | 19 |
| abiding respect, admiration, and love for their father and
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| grandfather.
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