SR0308 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Sylvia Mae Cooper, who passed away on February 16, 2017; and

WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper was born to Michael and Anna Weinstein Hirschberg on November 23, 1926 and grew up in Gary, Indiana; she attended nursing school and married Paul N. Cooper; and

WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper opened a nursery school and day care center in McHenry, Cooper Kiddie College; she turned a small babysitting job in her basement into a thriving day care business for over 27 years; and

WHEREAS, After retirement, Sylvia Cooper and her husband spent many years traveling around the United States in their motor home; she enjoyed teaching children how to swim, spending time with her dogs, eating ice cream topped with Bailey's Irish Cream, taking long walks in Glacial Park, and spending her winters in Orlando, Florida; and

WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Robert Hirschberg; and

WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper is survived by her husband of over 60 years, Paul; her children, Mark Steven (Gail) Cooper, Dave (Noriko) Cooper, Phil (Kathleen) Cooper, Annette (Herb) Johnson, and Michele (Scott) Reiser; her grandchildren, Lori (Edward Jr. - Ken) Cooper McKendree, Kevin Cooper, Stephanie Cooper, Alan (Erina) Cooper, James Cooper, Jane Cooper, Phillip (Andrea) Cooper Jr., Sarah (James) Strzalka, Mikael Johnson, Trevor (Jessie) Johnson, Joseph Reiser, Amy Reiser, and Ashley Reiser; and her great-grandchildren, Eddie and Lana McKendree, Rachael, Faith, and Isaiah Vela, Tyson, Paxton, and Gavin Cooper, Ethan Demers, and Brinleigh and Makenna Johnson; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Sylvia Mae Cooper, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

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