Bill Text: IL SR0121 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Rachel E. Shepherdson of Peoria.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0121 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0121-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Rachel E. Shepherdson of Peoria, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 25, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Rachel Shepherdson was born in Augusta to Ernest | ||||||
| 6 | Paul and Maza Marie (Dennis) West on January 20, 1925; she | ||||||
| 7 | earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in education from | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois State University; she married C. Edwin Shepherdson in | ||||||
| 9 | Normal on August 24, 1946; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Rachel Shepherdson started her teaching career in | ||||||
| 11 | 1946 at Lanark High School; she was a teacher at Dunlap High | ||||||
| 12 | School from 1947 to 1957; in 1958, she joined the first staff | ||||||
| 13 | of the new Richwoods Community High School and held business | ||||||
| 14 | education, counseling, and administrative posts until 1969; | ||||||
| 15 | from 1969 until her retirement in 1986, she was the Assistant | ||||||
| 16 | Principal; following her retirement, she taught computer | ||||||
| 17 | education at ICC and at SeniorNet; she was also a freelance | ||||||
| 18 | editor for the Peoria Journal Star; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Rachel Shepherdson was an active member of her | ||||||
| 20 | church; she created computer-generated greeting cards with | ||||||
| 21 | original poetry and enjoyed playing bridge; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Rachel Shepherdson was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 2 | husband, Edwin; her parents; and her sisters, Lois Silzer, and | ||||||
| 3 | Carol Blake; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Rachel Shepherdson is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
| 5 | Nancy Shepherdson (Larry Garascia); seven nieces and nephews; | ||||||
| 6 | and several grandnieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Rachel E. Shepherdson, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 10 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Rachel Shepherdson as an expression | ||||||
| 14 | of our deepest sympathy.
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