Full Text of SR0172 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Myra Jane Rodgers Shepard of Bloomington, | 4 | | who passed away on February 5, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Myra Rodgers was born in Normal to Harry Hosler | 6 | | and Ruth Jane Smith Rodgers on October 16, 1921; she graduated | 7 | | from Bloomington High School in 1938; she earned a Bachelor of | 8 | | Arts in Economics from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1942; | 9 | | she was an honorary member of Phi Kappa Phi and a member of the | 10 | | Kappa Kappa Gamma fraternity; she married Trent Allen Shepard | 11 | | at the First M.E. Church, now Wesley United Methodist Church, | 12 | | on December 5, 1948; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Myra Rodgers served in the United States Navy's | 14 | | Women's Reserve, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency | 15 | | Service, from 1943 until 1946; she attained the rank of | 16 | | Lieutenant JG WC, communications officer in the Chief of Naval | 17 | | Operations Office in Washington, D.C., where she encoded and | 18 | | decoded top secret messages; with her GI benefits, she received | 19 | | her private pilot's license after the war; she also worked | 20 | | part-time at her father's family's business, Rodgers Shoe Co., | 21 | | in downtown Bloomington; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Myra Rodgers was a member of Wesley United |
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| 1 | | Methodist Church in Bloomington; she served on many boards, | 2 | | including the Wesley United Methodist Church's Board of | 3 | | Trustees, the YWCA Board, and the Girl Scout Advisory Board; | 4 | | she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, | 5 | | the McLean County Historical Society, the McLean County Art | 6 | | Association, the Wesleyan University Alumni Association's | 7 | | Presidents Club, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Board, and the | 8 | | Bloomington Country Club; she also supported the Red Cross | 9 | | Blood Mobile; she enjoyed swimming, walking, gardening, | 10 | | traveling, and spending time with her family and friends; she | 11 | | also played golf and tennis and bowled with the BCC ladies | 12 | | groups; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Myra Rodgers was preceded in death by her husband, | 14 | | Trent; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Myra Rodgers is survived by her children, Trent | 16 | | Allen Shepard Jr., Karen Jane (Jim) McNatt, Gregory Mark | 17 | | (Heather) Shepard, and Tracy Morgan (Susan Baller) Shepard; and | 18 | | her nine grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Myra Jane Rodgers Shepard and extend our sincere condolences to | 22 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Myra Rodgers as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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