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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Bennett C. Weaver of Oak Park, who
4passed away on July 14, 2021 at the age of 80; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver was born to J. Clark and Inez
6Koegel Weaver in Denton, Texas on November 9, 1940; he was
7raised in Denton, Texas and Gainesville, Florida; and
 
8    WHEREAS, At five years old, Bennett Weaver was introduced
9to the cello at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, where his
10parents also ran a summer theater program; he was revealed to
11be a musical genius; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver joined the University of Florida
13Symphony Orchestra as a middle schooler; by freshman year of
14high school, he was already promoted to first chair; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver began his post-secondary studies
16at Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania on a music scholarship;
17he later transferred to the University of Florida at
18Gainesville to study physics; he continued to practice cello
19and ultimately met his first wife, Donna Harpold; the two
20married in Bradenton, Florida in 1964; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver's first daughter, Amy, was born in
21966 in Gainesville; shortly thereafter, the family moved to
3Illinois so that both parents could pursue careers at St. Mary
4of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago; his second daughter, Susan,
5was born in Oak Park in 1970; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Beginning in the late 1960s, Bennett Weaver
7assumed professional roles as an actuary and analyst; he was
8employed by CNA Insurance and retired from Harris Bank in
92001; during retirement, he also worked as a consultant and
10family genealogist; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Through a 1980s purchase of an IBM PC for his
12home, Bennett Weaver discovered a second natural talent for
13building and upgrading computers; in 1983, he became a
14founding member of the Association of Personal Computer Users
15(APCU); he also joined the Chicago Area Database Users Group
16(CADBUG); he held leadership roles in both organizations; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver had a knack for explaining complex
18ideas in simple terms to his daughters, such as moon phases and
19lunar eclipses; for several years, he served as their Girl
20Scout cookie salesman; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Bennett Weaver is survived by his companion,
22Cheryl McNamara; his friend and former wife, Donna Weaver; and

 

 

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1his daughters, Amy Weaver and Susan (Russ) Northrup;
2therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
5Bennett C. Weaver and extend our sincere condolences to his
6family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
7further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Bennett C. Weaver as an expression
10of our deepest sympathy.