Bill Text: IL SR1722 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joan B. Shannon.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1722 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1722-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 Joan B. Shannon, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | August 23, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon was born in Chicago in 1938 to Dr. | ||||||
| 6 | Nicholas and Isabel Balsamo; she graduated from Trinity High | ||||||
| 7 | School in River Forest and Clarke College (now Clarke | ||||||
| 8 | University) in Dubuque, Iowa; she married Ed Shannon and they | ||||||
| 9 | settled in River Forest; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon worked as an art teacher at St. | ||||||
| 11 | Edmund Elementary School in Oak Park and a "picture lady" at | ||||||
| 12 | St. Luke Parish School in River Forest; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon enjoyed spending summers at their | ||||||
| 14 | vacation home in Door County, Wisconsin; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon was preceded in death by her parents | ||||||
| 16 | and her sister, Donna Gubbins; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon is survived by her husband, Edward J. | ||||||
| 18 | Shannon, Jr.; her children, Edward J. Shannon, III, John | ||||||
| 19 | Shannon, Brigid Shannon, and Jane Kennedy; her siblings, | ||||||
| 20 | Richard "Dick" Balsamo and Diane "Dee Dee" Goggin; and her 4 | ||||||
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| 1 | grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 4 | Joan B. Shannon, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 5 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to the family of Joan Shannon as an expression of our | ||||||
| 9 | deepest sympathy.
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