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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Ruth M. Weber of Bloomington, who passed
4away on September 8, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin to
6William and Marie Weber on August 7, 1937; she graduated from
7Lincoln High School in Manitowoc and received her bachelor's
8degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Ruth Weber moved to the Bloomington-Normal
10community, where she worked in sales, selling women's cosmetics
11to department stores and clients; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was active in Republican politics; she
13was a former president of the McLean County Lincoln Club and
14was elected a precinct committee woman in Normal for many
15years; she attended several national and state Republican
16Conventions; she was elected McLean County Recorder in 1992 and
17served for several terms, retiring in 2004; she served as
18president of the Friday Club where elected officials in McLean
19County government would meet over lunch to share ideas and
20discuss current events in county government; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was an avid Green Bay Packers fan all

 

 

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1of her life; she was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church
2in Bloomington, where she played the organ for mass and various
3events at the church; she showed and loved horses; she played
4the organ for many years at horse shows for county fairs and
5was a regular organist for horse shows at the Illinois State
6Fair; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was patient, kind, and considerate to
8others; she was grateful to all who helped her in her later
9years, including her special friends, Ann Ripsom, Pat Pence,
10Irene and Dennis Bourgerie, and Dan Deneen and his family;
11therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
14Ruth M. Weber, and extend our sincere condolences to her
15family, friends, and all who knew and loved her.