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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Barbara M. Wilson, who passed away on May
419, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson was born in England on December 7,
61941; she attended Guildford High School and studied electrical
7engineering in college; she married Gerald Moore; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson worked at Decca on, among other
9projects, modern Christmas tree lights; after getting married,
10she worked part time for several years as the secretary at the
11Royal Marines Officer's Mess in Hamworthy, Dorset, the first
12woman allowed in; she was an enthusiastic actor in the local
13Townswomen's Guild productions; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson immigrated to Chicago in 1975 and
15began teaching classes on electronics on a volunteer basis; she
16also ran the local Girl Scout troop; she had a brief career as
17a basket weaver and sold her products at craft shows and taught
18children how to weave; for several years, she volunteered at a
19home for the severely mentally disabled; she worked for almost
2020 years at Sola Electric, documenting engineering processes,
21and then for another five years at Northgate Medical equipment
22doing the same; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson married Alan Wilson in 1980 and,
2after the children had all grown, they lived happily together
3in their house by the stream working jointly on nature
4conservation and prairie restoration projects; for the last 30
5years, she was involved in prairie restoration and was a
6steward at the Lake-in-the-Hills Fen; she gave nature walks,
7botany classes, and conducted children's programs for the Fen,
8the Illinois Nature Conservancy, the McHenry County Land
9Conservancy, the McHenry County Conservation District, and the
10Algonquin Park District among many more; she did plant
11inventories of rare plants, annual plant monitoring, and seed
12collection programs; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson was honored countless times for her
14service to the conservation community; she was a Big Sister, a
15teacher's aide with ESL classes at McHenry County Community
16College, and a private tutor for ESL and math students; she
17played the recorder and the clarinet; she could remember the
18lyrics to most of the songs of her youth, and loved a good
19sci-fi book; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson was preceded in death by her
21parents and her daughter, Sylvia Harrigan; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Barbara Wilson is survived by her husband, Alan;

 

 

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1her daughter, Jacqueline M. Moore; her stepdaughter, Tina
2Mudge, and children, Josh and Frank Mudge; her grandson, Kevin
3Krauser, and his wife, Samantha, and son, James Krauser; her
4granddaughter, Jillian Krauser, and son, Xander Cirrincione;
5her niece, Allison Harrington, and children, Grace and Fred;
6and her step-granddaughter, Lisa Hartney; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
9Barbara M. Wilson, and extend our sincere condolences to her
10family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
11further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the family of Barbara Wilson as an expression of
14our deepest sympathy.