Virginia SR 114: Celebrating the life of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker.

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2024SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATERESOLUTIONNO.114
Celebrating the life of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker.
AgreedtobytheSenate,March6,2024
WHEREAS, Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker, an accomplished farmer and beloved wife, mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, and member of the Harrisonburg community, died on August 19, 2023;
and
WHEREAS, after graduating from the former Dayton High School and earning a bachelor's degree in
education from what was then Madison College, today James Madison University (JMU), Nancy
Brubaker devoted herself to caring for and supporting her family; and
WHEREAS, alongside her husband, Daniel, Nancy Brubaker worked to improve and enlarge her
grandfather's farm, which she renamed Shenmont, where generations of family members have raised
award-winning Guernsey cattle for years; and
WHEREAS, Nancy and Daniel Brubaker also founded the Virginia Silo Company and Rockingham
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
WHEREAS, a passionate leader of her local 4-H, Nancy Brubaker contributed greatly to the
Rockingham County Fair over many years, where she showed cattle and judged the canning and home
goods competition; and
WHEREAS, 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
Hospital, and as a member of the board of the Fort Harrison museum in Dayton; and
WHEREAS, 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
WHEREAS, Nancy Brubaker will be fondly remembered and dearly missed by her loving husband of
more than 70 years, Daniel; her children, Barry, Lynn, Thomas, and Lisa, and their families; and
numerous other family member and friends; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of Virginia hereby note with great sadness the loss of Nancy Lee
Revercomb Brubaker, a cherished member of the Harrisonburg community who was a source of joy and
inspiration to all who knew her; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for
presentation to the family of Nancy Lee Revercomb Brubaker as an expression of the Senate of
Virginia's respect for her memory.
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