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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Virginia Weaver of Peoria, who passed 
4away on June 3, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver was born in Eureka to Ora and Ella 
6Garber; she graduated from Peoria High School and married 
7Robert Weaver on June 3, 1945; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver worked at the Buehler Home 
9retirement community in the accounting department; she was a  
10founding partner of Weaver Enterprises; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver loved flowers, particularly 
12planning, developing, and working in her perennial gardens; she 
13and her husband were well known in the horse coaching and 
14carriage world; she also enjoyed spending time with her family; 
15and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver served as a Sunday school teacher 
17and church treasurer for many years; in her later years, she 
18attended the First United Methodist Church; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver and her husband were jointly 
20honored as the Association of Fundraising Professionals 
 
 
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1Philanthropists of the Year; they were also Easter Seals 
2Tribute Dinner honorees; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver was preceded in death by her 
4husband of 69 years, Robert; her parents; and her sister, 
5Shirley Roth; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Virginia Weaver is survived by her children, Jerry 
7(Nancy) Weaver, Phyllis (Don) Crouch, Steve (Shelley) Weaver, 
8Karen (Bob Vespa) Weaver, and Charles (Laurie) Weaver; her 16 
9grandchildren; and her 19 great-grandchildren; therefore, be 
10it
  
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
13family and friends, mourn the passing of Virginia Weaver; and 
14be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to the family of Virginia Weaver as an expression of 
17our sympathy.