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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
| 3 | | to learn of the death of Emily Ann G. Lord, who passed away on |
| 4 | | February 24, 2024; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ann Lord was born to Sankey and Evelyn Thorton in |
| 6 | | Naperville on January 18, 1931; she graduated from Naperville |
| 7 | | High School; she received a bachelor's degree from Grinnell |
| 8 | | College in Grinnell, Iowa and a master's degree from |
| 9 | | Northeastern University in Chicago; she married John Lord in |
| 10 | | 1954; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, After college, Ann Lord worked as an advertising |
| 12 | | copy writer and as an on-air personality at KGLO television |
| 13 | | and radio in Mason City, Iowa, where she met her husband; she |
| 14 | | later worked as a substitute teacher and then as a speech |
| 15 | | teacher at Naperville North High School for 20 years and |
| 16 | | Naperville Central High School for one year; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ann Lord was the well-known concert moderator of |
| 18 | | Naperville Municipal Band concerts for 66 years, although her |
| 19 | | affiliation with the band began before that when she played |
| 20 | | clarinet with the group while she was in high school; she was |
| 21 | | an accomplished singer and actress who appeared in a number of |
| 22 | | area theater productions and performed one-woman shows and |
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| 1 | | shows with her daughter, Catherine, at clubs and meetings |
| 2 | | throughout the area; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ann Lord was preceded in death by her husband of |
| 4 | | 54 years and her parents; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ann Lord is survived by her children, Steven |
| 6 | | (Pat) Lord, Catherine (Anthony Cesaretti) Lord, and Douglas |
| 7 | | (Kelli) Lord; her grandchildren, Julie (Ryan) Jacobi, Robert |
| 8 | | (Deidre) Lord, Steven (Michelle) Lord, Colleen (Bill) |
| 9 | | Cesaretti, Connor Cesaretti, Thomas (Katie) Lord, and John |
| 10 | | (Jodi) Lord; her great-grandchildren, Gilbert Jacobi, Louisa |
| 11 | | Jacobi, Kennedy Lord, Isaiah Lord, Reagan Lord, and Jace Lord; |
| 12 | | her niece, Linda Dooley; her grandnephew, John (Chelsea) |
| 13 | | Dooley; and her great-grandniece, Addison; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 16 | | Emily Ann G. Lord and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 18 | | further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Ann Lord as an expression of our |
| 21 | | deepest sympathy. |