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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Judith Drury of Winthrop Harbor, who
4 passed away on January 4, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Judith Drury was born in Winona, Minnesota on
6 September 24, 1942; she was the first child of Lambert J. and
7 Cecilia A. (Wiersgalla) Hamerski; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Judith Drury attended St. Stanislaus Grade
9 School, Cotter High School, and St. Teresa College in Winona;
10 she interned as a social worker for the Diocese of Winona for
11 one year; and
 
12     WHEREAS, In 1964, Judith Drury started her first job,
13 working for Catholic Charities of Chicago in the Lake County
14 Office in downtown Waukegan; she was also employed with Sellke &
15 Reily Orthodontics in Grayslake; that same year, she met her
16 future husband, Daniel P. Drury, while both were teaching CCD
17 at Immaculate Conception Church in Waukegan; they were united
18 in marriage on October 28, 1967 at the Cathedral of the Sacred
19 Heart in Winona; together, they have two children, Patrick J.
20 (Sara) Drury and Joyce E. (Jaime) Rosen; and
 
21     WHEREAS, Judith Drury was a community-minded individual

 

 

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1 who volunteered for various organizations, including Star
2 Hospice, AAUW Nursery School, Oakdale and Cook Magnet Schools
3 in Waukegan, and St. Joseph High School in Kenosha; she also
4 served two years as President of the P.E.O. (Philanthropic
5 Educational Organization) International; she was also
6 concerned with environmental issues and worked tirelessly to
7 preserve the world around her; and
 
8     WHEREAS, At Saint Mary Catholic Church in Kenosha, Judith
9 Drury ministered as a Greeter, served on the Stewardship
10 Committee, and attended Bible study and Adoration; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Judith Drury will be sadly missed by her
12 grandchildren, Seth Matthew and Lily Katherine Rosen, Kelsey
13 and Sydney Rosen, and Celia Rose and Kira Jane Drury; she is
14 also survived by her sister, Nancy (William) Lambert; her
15 brother, Michael (Susan) Hamerski; and her nieces and nephews,
16 Kristine Lambert, Anthony (Lorie) Lambert, Jennifer
17 Lambert-Smith (Brad), and Madeleine and Samuel Hamerski;
18 therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
21 her family and friends, the passing of Judith Drury; and be it
22 further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Judith Drury as an expression of our
3 sympathy.