Bill Text: IL SR0240 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Donald R. Shaner of Wheaton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0240 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0240-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 Donald R. Shaner of Wheaton, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on March 10, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Donald Shaner was born in 1926 in DeKalb and lived | ||||||
6 | the majority of his life in Wheaton; he graduated from Wheaton | ||||||
7 | Community
High School and served in the United States
Navy in | ||||||
8 | the Philippines during World War II; he married Twylah Havens | ||||||
9 | in 1948 and graduated from
the University of Illinois with a | ||||||
10 | bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering in 1950; the | ||||||
11 | following year he earned his master's degree in the same | ||||||
12 | subject from the University of Illinois; and
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13 | WHEREAS, After college, Donald Shaner worked as an engineer | ||||||
14 | for 3M in Minnesota; he then returned to the Chicago area and | ||||||
15 | worked as an engineer at the Elgin Watch Co.; he also worked in | ||||||
16 | management for the Skokie-based International Mineral & | ||||||
17 | Chemical; in the mid-1960s, he joined Warren King and | ||||||
18 | Associates as a consultant, and, in 1968, he started his own | ||||||
19 | consulting firm; after his retirement in 1993, he served on the | ||||||
20 | Wheaton Warrenville
School Board for 4 years from 1997 to 2001; | ||||||
21 | and
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22 | WHEREAS, Donald Shaner was preceded in death by his wife of |
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1 | 55 years,
Twylah and his brother, Herbert Shaner, Jr.; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Donald Shaner is survived by his brother, Victor | ||||||
3 | Shaner;
his daughter, Sandra (Wendell) Grogan; his son,
Chris | ||||||
4 | (Sue) Shaner; and his 4
grandchildren; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | ||||||
7 | Donald R. Shaner, and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
9 | further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to the family of Donald Shaner as an expression of | ||||||
12 | our deepest sympathy.
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