Full Text of SR2035 100th 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 Ruth Hurlburt Hamilton on June 26, 2018 | 4 | | at the age of 97; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton was born in Kirksville, Missouri in | 6 | | 1921, but spent most of her life as a devoted Oak Parker; she | 7 | | graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School and | 8 | | decided to study acting; she attended the Goodman School of | 9 | | Drama for a year, being cast as a thorn bush in Sleeping | 10 | | Beauty; the director criticized her portrayal in rehearsal, | 11 | | saying she was not "brambling" properly; she then attended | 12 | | Pomona College and later graduated with a degree in English | 13 | | Literature from Rosary College in River Forest; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton married Allen Beye Hamilton in 1943; | 15 | | during her long and happy marriage, she wrote poems and | 16 | | published several in the Ladies Home Journal; her poem, Song | 17 | | for A Fifth Child, has been read and cherished through decades | 18 | | by generations of mothers; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton had many vocations, including | 20 | | acting in community theater productions, working with Oak Park | 21 | | and River Forest High School productions, and writing profiles | 22 | | of actors that appeared in the Chicago Daily News and many |
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| 1 | | other newspapers; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton was known for writing letters and | 3 | | other pieces which carried her signature sparkle, wit, and | 4 | | generosity; she wrote such a charming letter to the actress | 5 | | Lynne Fontanne that Fontanne and husband, Alfred Lunt, agreed | 6 | | to be interviewed, although they had long since stopped | 7 | | agreeing to being profiled; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton spent the last ten years of her life | 9 | | at the Presbyterian Home in Evanston; her enormous capacity for | 10 | | happiness was a gift that touched everyone she met; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton was preceded in death by her loving | 12 | | husband, Allen, and her daughter, Sarah; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Hamilton is remembered for her profound joy | 14 | | and is survived by her children, Duncan, Bruce, Jeremy, and | 15 | | Jane; her son-in-law, Bob Willard; and her grandchildren, Allen | 16 | | and Duncan Riddell and Ben and Hannah Willard; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Ruth Hurlburt Hamilton, and extend our sincere condolences to | 20 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Ruth Hamilton as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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