Full Text of SR0676 99th 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 Lorene Agnes Sabonjian, who passed away | 4 | | on May 24, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian was born in Higbee, Missouri on | 6 | | December 11, 1916 to James Robert and Mandana Terrill; she | 7 | | graduated from Huntsville High School in 1935 and, after | 8 | | passing the Missouri Teaching exams, taught students in a | 9 | | nearby rural school for several months; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian moved to Kansas City in the fall | 11 | | of 1935 and married in 1936; when that marriage did not work | 12 | | out, she joined the United States Navy; she attended Boot Camp | 13 | | at Hunter College in New York state; from there she went to | 14 | | Milledgeville, Georgia and then on to her first post in Crane, | 15 | | Indiana; she held the position of bookkeeper in the base's | 16 | | supply office; her next and last duty station was at Naval | 17 | | Station Great Lakes, where she worked in the Separation and | 18 | | Terminal Leave Center; she attained the rank of ACSK while | 19 | | working to discharge the WAVES and sailors at Great Lakes; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian married Robert V. Sabonjian on | 21 | | June 7, 1947; they opened Dutch Mill Cleaners in 1948; in 1957, | 22 | | her husband ran for Mayor of Waukegan and she spent 24 years as |
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| 1 | | Waukegan's First Lady; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian was a member of the First | 3 | | Christian Church in Waukegan, where she served as an Elder and | 4 | | Church Treasurer; she also served as the regional President of | 5 | | The Church Women United; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian and her husband traveled | 7 | | extensively to places such as Hawaii, England, Monaco, The | 8 | | Canary Islands, Australia, Israel, Greece, and Egypt; she kept | 9 | | active by playing bridge, bowling, traveling to visit | 10 | | relatives, and walking everyday with her new best friend, her | 11 | | Bichon Frise named Beau; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian was preceded in death by her | 13 | | husband, Robert; her daughter, Dana Jo; her brothers, John and | 14 | | Irving; and her sisters, Violet, Victory, and Lillian; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian is survived by her son, Robert | 16 | | Glenn (Jo An); her grandson, Adam Wesley (Lynn) Domerchie and | 17 | | their sons, Jayson and Ryan; she is also survived by numerous | 18 | | nieces and nephews spread throughout the world; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Lorene Agnes Sabonjian, and extend our sincere condolences to | 2 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Lorene Sabonjian as an expression of | 6 | | our deepest sympathy.
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