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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of the Reverend Karen L. Parsons, Minister of
4 the Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Ravenswood, on Saturday, May
5 22, 1999; and
6 WHEREAS, She was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and
7 attended public schools in Michigan and graduated from
8 Western Michigan University; she taught music in a public
9 school in her native state and then spent a year in Paris
10 studying on a Rotary scholarship; she pursued youth and music
11 ministries in a variety of institutions, working and studying
12 in Michigan, Montana, and Texas; and
13 WHEREAS, She attended the Lutheran School of Theology in
14 Hyde Park, becoming associate pastor of the Zion Lutheran
15 Church after graduating in 1989; she moved to work with two
16 small Lutheran congregations in Country Club Hills and
17 Matteson, while there she served on the board of the South
18 Suburban Gang Initiative; in 1997, she was installed as the
19 sixth pastor of the Pilgrim Lutheran Church; and
20 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
21 and friends, especially her mother, Eva, and her brothers,
22 Jack, Ed, and Ken; therefore, be it
23 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow
25 and regret the death of the Reverend Karen L. Parsons and
26 extend our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and
27 be it further
28 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to her mother, Eva Parsons.