SR 114 — Celebrating the life of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 24107545DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. February 29, 2024 N Celebrating the life of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker.

––––––––––114 TE Patron––ObenshainCelebrating Rthe ––––––––––life Oof WHEREAS, Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker,Brubaker. an accomplished farmer and beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and member of the Harrisonburg community, died on August 19, 20D3;

andWHEREAS,N afterAgreed graduatingto fromby the formerSenate, DaytonMarch High6, School2024 R O grandmother, great-grandmother, and earningmember aof bachelor'sthe degreeHarrisonburg incommunity, educationdied on August 19, 2023;L and L WHEREAS, after graduating from whatthe wasformer thenDayton MadisonHigh College,School todayand Jamesearning Madisona Universitybachelor's (JMU),degree Nancyin Brubaker devoted herself to caring for and supporting her family;

andandversity C(JMU), Nancy E WHEREAS, alongside her husband, Daniel, Nancy Brubaker worked to improve and enlarge her ED grandfather's farm, which she renamed Shenmont, where generations of family members have raised award-winning Guernsey cattle for years;

and D Redi-Mix, facilitating the operations and endeavors of farmers and builders in the Central Shenandoah Valley region;

and WHEREAS, Nancy Brubaker enjoyed hosting foreign exchange students over the years and supported many young people through the Nancy Revercomb Brubaker '56 Endowed Scholarship for Foreign Exchange Students in the College of Business at JMU and by teaching high school English as a Second Language classes to Vietnamese refugees;

and 1 WHEREAS, a passionate leader of her local 4-H, Nancy Brubaker contributed greatly to the E Rockingham County Fair over many years, where she showed cattle and judged the canning and homeRhome goodsR competition;gooWHEREAS, Nancy Brubaker gave generously of her time for the benefit of her community as a member of her local Ruritan club, where she was recognized as a Tom Downing Fellow, as a longstanding volunteer at the Bridgewater Retirement Community and the former Rockingham Memorial HosWHEREAS, in recognition of her service and support, Nancy and Daniel Brubaker were named Philanthropists of the Year in 2019 by the Shenandoah chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals;

and 1 WHEREAS, Nancy Brubaker gavewill generouslybe offondly herremembered timeand fordearly themissed benefitby of her communityloving ashusband a 4 member of hernumerous localother Ruritanfamily club,member where she was recognized as a Tom Downing Fellow, as a longstanding volunteer at the Bridgewater Retirement Community and thefriends; former Rockingham Memorial Hospital, and as a member of the board of the Fort Harrison museum in Dayton;

andnow, Philanthropiststherefore, ofbe theitand YearLisa, inand 2019their byfamilies; the Shenandoah chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals;

and WHEREAS,RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Nancy BrubakerLee willRevercomb beBrubaker, fondlya rememberedcherished member of the Harrisonburg community who was a source of joy and dearlyinsRESOLVED missedFURTHER, byThat herthe lovingClerk husbandof the Senate prepare a copy of morethis thanresolution 70for years,presentation Daniel;to the family of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for her memory.

her children, Barry, Lynn, Thomas, and Lisa, and their families;

and 34 numerous other family member and friends;

now, therefore, be it 35 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Nancy Lee 37 inspiration to all who knew her;

and, be ithe Harrisonburg community who was a source of joy and 38 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 39 presentation to the family of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker as an expression of the Senate of Virginia's respect for her memory.