Bill Text: IL SR1023 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Margery D. Shinners of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR1023 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1023-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 Margery D. Shinners of Oak Park, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on April 25, 2017, at the age of 51; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners, the youngest of 10 children, was | ||||||
6 | born in Sandwich to Richard "Dick" and Carolyn Duffy on August | ||||||
7 | 11, 1965; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners grew up on a farm where she | ||||||
9 | became accustomed to cooperative living and learning skills, | ||||||
10 | which served her well and informed the management style she | ||||||
11 | used in her professional life; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners, earned a bachelor's degree in | ||||||
13 | communications from DePaul University and a master's degree in | ||||||
14 | social work from Jane Addams College of Social Work at the | ||||||
15 | University of Illinois at Chicago; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners was employed, starting in 1996, | ||||||
17 | by what is now known as the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors | ||||||
18 | (MORe); she first worked as its technology director and also | ||||||
19 | served as Deputy CEO of MORe from 2004 to 2017; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners became CEO of the Mainstreet |
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1 | Organization of Realtors in 2017; she managed the day-to-day | ||||||
2 | operations of MORe and its 31 employees, working with the MORe | ||||||
3 | Board of Directors, implementing strategic initiatives and | ||||||
4 | policies and managing finances; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners established MORe's Global | ||||||
6 | Business Council, which provided international opportunities | ||||||
7 | for the organization's members; she led delegations to | ||||||
8 | Springfield, Washington, D.C., and around the world to | ||||||
9 | countries such as Czechoslovakia and China; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners, prior to working at MORe, worked | ||||||
11 | at Moore Data Management Services and CONDEX Multiple Listing | ||||||
12 | Service; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners was well-respected as a focused, | ||||||
14 | personable leader who helped shepherd Mainstreet through many | ||||||
15 | changes during her more than 20 years with the organization; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners was also credited for enhancing | ||||||
18 | Mainstreet's reputation for professionalism and high-quality | ||||||
19 | services, as well as shaping an internal culture of support and | ||||||
20 | growth for its staff; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners was known by family and friends |
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1 | to give great advice and professional guidance; she was known | ||||||
2 | to be intelligent and trustworthy; she was dedicated to her | ||||||
3 | work and to those with whom she worked side-by-side; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners' hobbies included reading, | ||||||
5 | searching out recipes, and cooking; her deepest joy was | ||||||
6 | traveling near and far with her husband and children; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners' last wish was to establish the | ||||||
8 | Margery Shinners Leadership Fund that would promote the | ||||||
9 | leadership of young women in their pre-professional and | ||||||
10 | professional careers; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners was preceded in death by her | ||||||
12 | parents; her brothers, Edward and Robert Duffy; and her | ||||||
13 | brother-in-law, Dennis Voga; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Margery Shinners is survived by her husband, | ||||||
15 | Brian; her daughter, Kelsey; her sons, Nathaniel and Benjamin; | ||||||
16 | her sisters, Melody (Margaret McAlpin) Duffy, Patricia Voga, | ||||||
17 | Jane (Steve) Wolf, Mary (David) Breeden, Carol (Frank) Evans, | ||||||
18 | and Joanne (Patrick) Resendiz; her brother, William (Maureen) | ||||||
19 | Duffy; her sister-in-law, Phyllis Duffy; and many nieces and | ||||||
20 | nephews; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
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1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
2 | Margery D. Shinners, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
3 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
4 | further
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5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to the family of Margery D. Shinners as an expression | ||||||
7 | of our deepest sympathy.
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