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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Corey Ray Shaw of Du Quoin, a firefighter
4killed in the line of duty on June 17, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Corey was a press operator at Continental Tire in
6Mount Vernon and he had been a member of the Du Quoin Fire
7Department since July 2010; he was a member of Sacred Heart
8Catholic Church in Du Quoin and the Coalbelt Fire Protection
9Association; and
 
10    WHEREAS, He was born August 10, 1988, in Du Quoin, the son
11of Robert D. and Rosalyn (Short) Shaw; he married Nichole
12Hoffner on May 30, 2009, in Du Quoin; and
 
13    WHEREAS, As a tribute to his sacrifice, hundreds of
14firefighters and people from the community turned out to
15remember this brave young man; and
 
16    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his son, Cayden Robert
17Shaw; his paternal grandfather, Robert Shaw Sr.; his paternal
18great-grandfather, Carl D. Shaw; and his maternal
19great-grandfather, Amos Bowlin; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Corey Shaw is survived by his wife, Nichole; his

 

 

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1daughter, Camryn Ray Shaw; his parents, Robert and Rosalyn
2Shaw; his sister, Megon Provart and her husband, Sgt. Joseph
3Provart of the U.S. Marines; his niece, Olivia Provart; his
4paternal grandmother, Esther Keller and her husband, Tom; his
5paternal great-grandmother, Anna L. Shaw; his maternal
6grandmother, Marilyn Melvin; his maternal great-grandmother,
7Lois Bowlin; his mother-in-law, Lori Evers Miller; his
8brothers-in-law, Nick Evers, Sage Evers, and Seth Miller; his
9Godmother, Robin Pascoe; his Godfather, Al Martin; and several
10aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
 
11    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
12ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
13his family and friends, the passing of Corey Shaw; and be it
14further
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
16presented to the family of Corey Shaw as a symbol of our
17sincere sympathy.