Full Text of SR1004 96th 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
Jeanne L. Garrett, who passed away on | 4 | | August 25, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett was born on December 17, 1922, in | 6 | | Milwaukee, Wisconsin; her parents were Anna E. Lucas and | 7 | | Nicholas F. Lucas; she grew up in West Allis, Wisconsin as a | 8 | | dedicated Girl Scout and loved spending summers at a family | 9 | | farm in Paw Paw, Michigan; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett graduated from West Allis Central | 11 | | High School, where she met her husband, Roscoe Garrett, in | 12 | | 1938; the couple eventually married on September 7, 1943; she | 13 | | also attended the University of Wisconsin and served as | 14 | | Secretary to the Dean of Engineering at the University of | 15 | | Maine; in 1958, she and her husband moved to Deerfield, where | 16 | | she was an active member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, the | 17 | | Deerfield Women's Club, and the Patty Turner Senior Center; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett was a lifelong bridge player, most | 19 | | recently at the Townley Women's Club of Deerfield; she was also | 20 | | an active contributor to dozens of charity organizations, | 21 | | including the Covenant House and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett was preceded in death by her | 2 | | daughter, Sally; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett is survived by her husband, Roscoe; | 4 | | her sisters, Norine and Patricia; her brother, Nicholas; her | 5 | | children, Scott (Susan), Jack and Paul (Sharon); and her | 6 | | grandchildren, Maria, Brett, Elizabeth, Alison and Benjamin; | 7 | | therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 | | her family and friends, the passing of Jeanne L. Garrett; and | 11 | | be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Jeanne Garrett as an expression of | 14 | | our sympathy.
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