Full Text of SR0760 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Bennett C. Weaver of Oak Park, who | 4 | | passed away on July 14, 2021 at the age of 80; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver was born to J. Clark and Inez | 6 | | Koegel Weaver in Denton, Texas on November 9, 1940; he was | 7 | | raised in Denton, Texas and Gainesville, Florida; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, At five years old, Bennett Weaver was introduced | 9 | | to the cello at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, where his | 10 | | parents also ran a summer theater program; he was revealed to | 11 | | be a musical genius; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver joined the University of Florida | 13 | | Symphony Orchestra as a middle schooler; by freshman year of | 14 | | high school, he was already promoted to first chair; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver began his post-secondary studies | 16 | | at Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania on a music scholarship; | 17 | | he later transferred to the University of Florida at | 18 | | Gainesville to study physics; he continued to practice cello | 19 | | and ultimately met his first wife, Donna Harpold; the two | 20 | | married in Bradenton, Florida in 1964; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver's first daughter, Amy, was born in | 2 | | 1966 in Gainesville; shortly thereafter, the family moved to | 3 | | Illinois so that both parents could pursue careers at St. Mary | 4 | | of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago; his second daughter, Susan, | 5 | | was born in Oak Park in 1970; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in the late 1960s, Bennett Weaver | 7 | | assumed professional roles as an actuary and analyst; he was | 8 | | employed by CNA Insurance and retired from Harris Bank in | 9 | | 2001; during retirement, he also worked as a consultant and | 10 | | family genealogist; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Through a 1980s purchase of an IBM PC for his | 12 | | home, Bennett Weaver discovered a second natural talent for | 13 | | building and upgrading computers; in 1983, he became a | 14 | | founding member of the Association of Personal Computer Users | 15 | | (APCU); he also joined the Chicago Area Database Users Group | 16 | | (CADBUG); he held leadership roles in both organizations; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver had a knack for explaining complex | 18 | | ideas in simple terms to his daughters, such as moon phases and | 19 | | lunar eclipses; for several years, he served as their Girl | 20 | | Scout cookie salesman; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver is survived by his companion, | 22 | | Cheryl McNamara; his friend and former wife, Donna Weaver; and |
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| 1 | | his daughters, Amy Weaver and Susan (Russ) Northrup; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Bennett C. Weaver and extend our sincere condolences to his | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Bennett C. Weaver as an expression | 10 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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