Full Text of SR1116 99th 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 Margaret Dyson of Champaign, who passed | 4 | | away on August 19, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Dyson was born in 1918 in South Dakota; | 6 | | she was valedictorian of her Madison High School class and | 7 | | married John Dyson in 1941; she received her Ph.D. in Education | 8 | | from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1977; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Dyson worked for the law firm of Martens | 11 | | and Goldsmith in Pierre, South Dakota and the South Dakota | 12 | | State Department of School and Public Lands; during World War | 13 | | II, while her husband was an officer in the Army, she worked | 14 | | for the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C. and | 15 | | the engineering firm of Pate and Hern in Detroit, Michigan; for | 16 | | 30 years, starting in 1964, she was employed as a learning | 17 | | disabilities teacher for the Champaign Community Unit 4 | 18 | | schools; she taught at Washington, South Side, Jefferson, and | 19 | | other Champaign schools; after retirement, she volunteered as a | 20 | | reading coach at Carrie Busey School; from 1975 to 1977, she | 21 | | served as the Director of a Title III and Title IV-C education | 22 | | project to teach reading by correspondence to elementary school | 23 | | children; she was the founder and co-director of "Teacher in a |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Dyson was a member of Mortarboard, Phi | 3 | | Delta Kappa, and Kappa Delta Pi honorary fraternities; since | 4 | | 1953, she and her husband were members of Wesley United | 5 | | Methodist Church of Champaign; they enjoyed spending Christmas | 6 | | with their family in Cedar Key and were frequently found | 7 | | dancing with their friends at the University Club, the Elks, | 8 | | the American Legion, and the Regency Ballroom; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Dyson was preceded in death by her | 10 | | husband, John; her parents; and her sister, Sallie McMillan; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Margaret Dyson is survived by her 2 sons, John | 13 | | Patrick Dyson and Stephen Dyson (Teresa); her daughter, Carol | 14 | | Dyson (Andrew Asher); her stepson, Robert Dyson (Beth); her 2 | 15 | | grandchildren, John Asher and William Asher; her 3 | 16 | | step-granddaughters, Jodi Hoffman, Lisa Meighan, and Leanna | 17 | | Hess; and her step-grandson, Ryan Dyson; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Margaret Dyson, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Margaret Dyson as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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