Full Text of SR0880 094th General Assembly
SR0880 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Mary Shirley Baumann of | 4 |
| Naperville on Thursday, September 28, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on October | 6 |
| 18, 1928, to Gustave and Mary Flannery Berglund; she attended | 7 |
| Beverly Hills High School in California; she graduated from | 8 |
| Ursuline Academy in St. Louis and then attended Washington | 9 |
| University on a part-time basis; and
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| WHEREAS, She was united in marriage to Robert W. Baumann in | 11 |
| 1955 at Notre Dame in the Log Chapel; they moved to the Chicago | 12 |
| area in 1960, settling in Naperville in 1965, where she was | 13 |
| active in the Naperville Woman's Club for nearly 40 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Baumann was instrumental behind the scenes in | 15 |
| the development and support of Naperville Settlement and the | 16 |
| Naperville Art League; she was also an active member of the | 17 |
| Naperville Heritage Society for many years; she was a past | 18 |
| president of the Naperville Woman's Club and was co-chairman of | 19 |
| the Woman's Club Art Fair for many years, and today it is the | 20 |
| longest-continuously running art fair in Illinois; she worked | 21 |
| to keep the Art Fair from becoming a craft fair and assembled a | 22 |
| jury of judges who gave awards to local artists; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley and her late husband had the shared | 24 |
| priority of educating their children; all eight received | 25 |
| college degrees, and many pursued advanced degrees; Mrs. | 26 |
| Baumann graduated from the Institute for Management at | 27 |
| Benedictine University in 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, Her enduring Catholic faith was an integral part | 29 |
| of her life and an example to her family; she was a Sts. Peter | 30 |
| and Paul parishioner; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Shirley Baumann has been | 2 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her children and their spouses, | 3 |
| Margaret (Dennis Beedle), Catherine (Robert Baima), Olivia | 4 |
| (Robin) Lauezzari, Mary (Michael) Jawor, Robert (Laura), | 5 |
| Oliver (Ann-Marie), Alice (James Katovich), and Rosemarie | 6 |
| (Michael) Mendrys; her many cherished grandchildren and | 7 |
| step-grandchildren; her brother, Brian Berglund; and her | 8 |
| faithful dog, Heidi; she was preceded in death by her husband, | 9 |
| Robert; her sister, Audrey (the late Raymond) Kannapell; and | 10 |
| her nephew, William Flannery Berglund; she was also a beloved | 11 |
| and respected Aunt "Babe"; and a dear friend to many; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 |
| Mary Shirley Baumann, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 16 |
| her family, her friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 20 |
| sympathy.
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