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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Sheila Stevenson of Oak Park, who
4 passed away on February 28, 2024 at the age of 89; and
5 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson was born to Henry and Winifred
6 (Worley) Stevenson in Paddington in London, England on August
7 26, 1934; and
8 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson was evacuated from London during
9 World War II and lived in Wales with a host family until after
10 the war when her family settled in Sussex; and
11 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson graduated with a degree in
12 history from the University of Leicester; and
13 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson was passionate about library
14 science; she first came to the United States to work at the
15 Baltimore Public Library, and she started working at the Oak
16 Park Public Library in 1973; and
17 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson had a three-decade-long career
18 at the Oak Park Public Library, where she became a great friend
19 to co-workers and patrons; she was dedicated to the library's
20 mission and made an indelible impression on those around her;
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1 and
2 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson served as head of the Readers
3 Services Department and then as the head of Collection
4 Development at the Oak Park Public Library before retiring in
5 2002; and
6 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson enjoyed theatre, literature, and
7 opera, being a longtime Lyric Opera season ticket holder; she
8 also enjoyed traveling to the Stratford Festival in Ontario
9 for 40 straight years; and
10 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson was an avid appreciator of fine
11 dining, and she made a famous trifle; and
12 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson was preceded in death by her
13 parents and her sister, Gillian (Henry) Stevenson Smith; and
14 WHEREAS, Sheila Stevenson is survived by her nephews, Tim
15 Smith and Christopher Smith; therefore, be it
16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
18 Sheila Stevenson and extend our sincere condolences to her
19 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
20 further
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