Full Text of SR1722 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon enjoyed spending summers at their | 14 | | vacation home in Door County, Wisconsin; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Joan Shannon was preceded in death by her parents | 16 | | and her sister, Donna Gubbins; and
| 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
| 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
| 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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