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Stanley B. Weaver (May 23, 1925 – November 11, 2003) was an American funeral director and
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politician active in
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. Weaver was born May 23, 1925, in
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. He graduated from Urbana High School in
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. He served in the
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in the
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during
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. He attended
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,
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, and graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science. He was elected Mayor of Urbana in 1957 and served until 1969. During his tenure as mayor, he served as President of the Illinois Municipal League. He then served in the
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from 1969 to 1971. From 1971 until 2003, Weaver served in the
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. In 1977, Weaver joined Republican leadership in the Illinois Senate and would continue to serve in various leadership positions for the remainder of his time in office. In 1997, he was elevated to the newly created post of Senate Majority Leader. Weaver died of cancer in Urbana, Illinois. The portion of
U.S. Route 45 in Illinois U.S. Route 45 (US 45) in the state of Illinois is a major north–south U.S. Highway that runs from the Brookport Bridge over the Ohio River at Brookport, Illinois, Brookport north through rural sections of eastern Illinois and then through the ...
that goes through Urbana-Champaign is named in his honor.


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