Full Text of SR0555 093rd General Assembly
SR0555 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Helen J. Shumway of Batavia | 4 |
| on Monday, April 12, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Helen was born on February 19, 1926, in | 6 |
| Hoardville, Nebraska, to Sture Wallin and Sarah Peterson | 7 |
| Wallin; she was raised on an original family homestead and | 8 |
| learned at a young age to drive a tractor, shoot a gun, and all | 9 |
| the things that her brothers were doing; her family moved to | 10 |
| Illinois during the Great Depression; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Shumway graduated from Batavia High School in | 12 |
| 1943 and married Melvin M. Hann on February 26, 1946; he | 13 |
| preceded her in death in 1968; on July 11, 1970, she married a | 14 |
| high school classmate, John R. Shumway; and
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| WHEREAS, After marrying Mr. Shumway, Mrs. Shumway took up | 16 |
| flying and snow skiing; in their later years, the couple spent | 17 |
| every February in Kauai, roaming up and down dirt cane roads; | 18 |
| as the owners of C.W. Shumway and Sons foundry in Batavia, they | 19 |
| traveled to conventions and to reunions of Mr. Shumway's Naval | 20 |
| Air Group 87; in recent years, she continued to enjoy family | 21 |
| reunions and fishing tournaments; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Shumway supported her children, | 23 |
| grandchildren, her political beliefs, and her church with her | 24 |
| actions as well as words; anything she did, she did with full | 25 |
| force of her considerable personality, energy and talents; she | 26 |
| became active in political work, first serving as a Republican | 27 |
| precinct committee person, then becoming the Batavia Township | 28 |
| Republican chairperson; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Helen J. Shumway has been deeply | 30 |
| felt by many, especially her husband, John R. Shumway; her |
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| sons, John Jr., Bruce, Paul (D'ette), and William; her | 2 |
| daughters, Beth (Roger) Stafford, Barb (Carl) Sniffen, Mary | 3 |
| (Cliff) Remiyac, Stephanie (Bob) Wilder, and Susan (Sam) | 4 |
| Harrod; her grandchildren, Nicole (Adam) Marshall, Katie | 5 |
| Remiyac, Thomas Remiyac, Neil Sniffen, Brian Sniffen, Michael | 6 |
| Ewing, Rebecca Ewing, Matthew Shumway, Ryan Shumway, Charlie | 7 |
| Shumway, Christine Wilder, Heather Wilder, Kevin Wilder, Ethan | 8 |
| Harrod, and Jillian Harrod; her great-grandchildren, Chase | 9 |
| Marshall and Riley Marshall; her sister, Janet (Richard) | 10 |
| Johnson; and her brother, Richard (Mary Ann) Wallin; therefore, | 11 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 14 |
| Helen J. Shumway, and we extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Helen J. Shumway as an expression of | 19 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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