Full Text of SR1327 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Shelley A. Tucker of Woodstock, who | 4 | | passed away on January 6, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker was born in Duluth, Minnesota to | 6 | | Wallace and June (Swanson) Halvorson on June 19, 1949; she | 7 | | moved with her family to Freeport in 1956 and graduated from | 8 | | Freeport High School in 1967 and St. Olaf College in | 9 | | Northfield, Minnesota in 1971; she married Irwin P. "Terry" | 10 | | Tucker Jr. on April 22, 1972 and they settled in Woodstock; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker was manager of the Woodstock | 12 | | Country Club for 25 years; she then worked at McGladrey & | 13 | | Pullen in Crystal Lake; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker was a member of Grace Lutheran | 15 | | Church in Woodstock; she was an active member of the Faith | 16 | | Circle for over 10 years, where she participated in Bible | 17 | | studies, fellowship and service projects, and was a gracious | 18 | | hostess, hosting her Circle friends for an annual June dinner | 19 | | out at the Woodstock Country Club for several years; she also | 20 | | volunteered with Clothing Closet for McHenry County; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker was a devoted and vital member of |
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| 1 | | PEO, a philanthropic women's organization; she joined Chapter | 2 | | MC in 2002, served as president and held a number of other | 3 | | offices; she organized and worked tirelessly year after year on | 4 | | the chapter's annual Christmas auction in support of PEO | 5 | | education grants and scholarships; receipts from the auction | 6 | | grew annually; an even greater asset may have been her | 7 | | semimonthly emailed Newsy Notes, which kept members connected; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker was an accomplished synchronized | 10 | | swimmer; she assisted with plays and was managing editor of the | 11 | | yearbook while in school; she kept and nurtured a special group | 12 | | of high school friends for more than 60 years, the Pretzels, | 13 | | who became her second family; she loved the group's yearly | 14 | | gatherings at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker was preceded in death by her | 16 | | mother; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Shelley Tucker is survived by her husband, Terry; | 18 | | her father, Wallace Halvorson; her brother, Dr. Scott (Susan) | 19 | | Halvorson; her sister-in-law, Libby (Earnest) Jones; her | 20 | | nieces and nephews, Jonathan Halvorson, Jennifer Ann (John | 21 | | Forsdike) Halvorson, Henry Jones, and Elizabeth (Weathers) | 22 | | Hardwick; and her great-niece, Alice Elsie Forsdike; | 23 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Shelley A. Tucker, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 4 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Shelley Tucker as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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