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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to  learn of the death of Robert H.
 4    Shaw of Jerseyville on Saturday, April 26, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Shaw was born on December 7, 1926, in  White
 6    Hall  to Frank Russell and Bonnie E. Varble Shaw; he attended
 7    Kane High School and  graduated  from  Jersey  Township  High
 8    School in 1945; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Shaw  valiantly  served his country in the
10    United States Army during World  War  II;  he  married  Doris
11    Johngy Bray in 1948 in Jerseyville; and

12        WHEREAS,  Mr. Shaw was a lifelong insurance agent; he was
13    vice president and acting president of Family Life  Insurance
14    in  Alton  and  Bartonville; he later retired as an insurance
15    examiner for the Department of Insurance  in  1995  after  15
16    years; and

17        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Shaw  was  a member of Holy Ghost Catholic
18    Church, Knights of Columbus, Elks Lodge, Eagles,  Moose,  and
19    the  American  Legion,  all  in  Jerseyville; he was a Jersey
20    County public administrator and guardian; and

21        WHEREAS, The passing of  Mr.  Robert  H.  Shaw  has  been
22    deeply   felt  by  many,  especially  his  wife,  Doris;  his
23    daughters, Sandy (husband,  Bill)  Rolando,  Janie  (husband,
24    Robin)  Schroeder,  Susie (husband, Gordon) Becker, and Trish
25    (husband, Bill) Green; his son, Bobby  (wife,  Andrea)  Shaw;
26    his  15  grandchildren  and  seven  great-grandchildren;  his
27    sisters,  Doris  Oldham,  Edith Mallicot, and Irene Epperson;
28    and his brother, Dick (wife, Sonja) Shaw; therefore, be it

29        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
30    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
31    of Robert H. Shaw and extend  our  deepest  sympathy  to  his
 
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 1    family  and  friends during their time of bereavement; and be
 2    it further

 3        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 4    presented to the family of Robert H. Shaw as an expression of
 5    our sincere condolences.