Full Text of SR0276 97th General Assembly
SR0276 97TH 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 Corey Ray Shaw of Du Quoin, a firefighter | 4 | | killed in the line of duty on June 17, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Corey was a press operator at Continental Tire in | 6 | | Mount Vernon and he had been a member of the Du Quoin Fire | 7 | | Department since July 2010; he was a member of Sacred Heart | 8 | | Catholic Church in Du Quoin and the Coalbelt Fire Protection | 9 | | Association; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was born August 10, 1988, in Du Quoin, the son | 11 | | of Robert D. and Rosalyn (Short) Shaw; he married Nichole | 12 | | Hoffner on May 30, 2009, in Du Quoin; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As a tribute to his sacrifice, hundreds of | 14 | | firefighters and people from the community turned out to | 15 | | remember this brave young man; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Cayden Robert | 17 | | Shaw; his paternal grandfather, Robert Shaw Sr.; his paternal | 18 | | great-grandfather, Carl D. Shaw; and his maternal | 19 | | great-grandfather, Amos Bowlin; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Corey Shaw is survived by his wife, Nichole; his |
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| 1 | | daughter, Camryn Ray Shaw; his parents, Robert and Rosalyn | 2 | | Shaw; his sister, Megon Provart and her husband, Sgt. Joseph | 3 | | Provart of the U.S. Marines; his niece, Olivia Provart; his | 4 | | paternal grandmother, Esther Keller and her husband, Tom; his | 5 | | paternal great-grandmother, Anna L. Shaw; his maternal | 6 | | grandmother, Marilyn Melvin; his maternal great-grandmother, | 7 | | Lois Bowlin; his mother-in-law, Lori Evers Miller; his | 8 | | brothers-in-law, Nick Evers, Sage Evers, and Seth Miller; his | 9 | | Godmother, Robin Pascoe; his Godfather, Al Martin; and several | 10 | | aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 | | his family and friends, the passing of Corey Shaw; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Corey Shaw as a symbol of our | 17 | | sincere sympathy.
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