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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Jane Brodie Eisenhour of Iowa City, Iowa, formerly of Geneva, who passed away on March 24, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Jane Eisenhour was born on August 31, 1931 in Highland Park; her parents were James and Bessie Philip; she married Frederic William Brodie, MD on November 27, 1954 at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest; he passed away in 1966; she married Bert Earl Eisenhour, Jr. on June 17, 1978; and

WHEREAS, Jane Eisenhour graduated from Lake Forest High School and attended Albion College, St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, and the University of Illinois, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree; and

WHEREAS, Jane Eisenhour worked at the Copley Hospital School of Nursing in Aurora as an instructor of medical-surgical nursing; she was also a co-owner of The Photo Shop in downtown St. Charles and served as a realtor for Baird and Warner; and

WHEREAS, Jane Eisenhour was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Geneva for over 50 years; she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, the Young Mothers Club, the Geneva Garden Club, and the board of directors for Delnor Community Hospital and the Geneva Golf Club; she was also named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International; and

WHEREAS, Jane Eisenhour was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband, Frederic; and

WHEREAS, Jane Eisenhour is survived by her husband of 37 years, Bert; her children, Frederic (Susan) Brodie, Jr., Janet (Terrance) Riley, Susan (Robert) Burns, and Patricia (Scott) Sarver; her stepson, Bert (Judy) Eisenhour III; her grandchildren, Blair and Connor Brodie, Andrew and Philip Riley, Catherine, Elizabeth, and David Burns, and Matthew, Louise, and Thomas Sarver; and her brother, James (Gail) Philip, Jr.; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Jane Brodie Eisenhour; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Jane Eisenhour as an expression of our sympathy.