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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Mary Barb Johnson, who passed away on
4July 20, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Barb Johnson earned her Juris Doctor from the
6University of Pennsylvania Law School; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Mary Barb Johnson had a long and distinguished
8career in government in Lake Forest; she served 2 terms as
9Alderman for the 1st Ward, 2 terms on the zoning board, and a
10term on the Library Board; she was also the first female
11trustee of Lake Forest Hospital, where she served from 1985 to
121995; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Mary Barb Johnson was a member of the Women's
14Boards of the University of Chicago, Northwestern University,
15and Lake Forest College; she was a leader in the renowned "Know
16Your Chicago Committee"; she was a member of the Illinois
17Health Facilities Planning Board; she was a lawyer for the
18Federal Defender's Program in Chicago; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Mary Barb Johnson was preceded in death by her
20husband of 70 years, William B. Johnson; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Mary Barb Johnson is survived by her sons, Ben and
2Kirk; her daughter, Kathleen Browning; and her grandchildren,
3Will, Olivia, Eileen, Grace, Ben, and John; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary Barb Johnson; and
7be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Mary Barb Johnson as an expression
10of our sympathy.