Full Text of SR1334 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 Dorothy Worst of Lockport, who passed | 4 | | away on December 16, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst was born in Waterloo, Iowa in 1916 | 6 | | to Carl and Theresa (nee Plaiser) Webbeking; as a child, she | 7 | | briefly moved to Bremen, Germany; she arrived back in the | 8 | | United States on March 30, 1927 at Ellis Island, New York; she | 9 | | graduated from Drake University with an R.N. in 1936; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Between 1941 and 1946, Dorothy Worst served in the | 11 | | U.S. Army as a nurse; she served as a surgical nurse stateside | 12 | | for 20 months at Ft. Leonard Wood, Lincoln Air Base, and Camp | 13 | | Kilmer; in February of 1943, she served as an operating room | 14 | | nurse in the 11th Evacuation Hospital, a mobile medical unit, | 15 | | moving throughout North Africa, Italy, Sicily, Southern | 16 | | France, and Germany; she was decorated with the American | 17 | | Defense Ribbon, the American Theatre Ribbon, the EAME Theatre | 18 | | Ribbon, 1 Silver Battle Star, 2 Bronze Battle Stars, the Bronze | 19 | | Service Arrowhead, 5 Overseas Service Bars, and the Victory | 20 | | Medal; her battles and campaigns included: Tunisian; Sicilian; | 21 | | Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Southern France; Rhineland; and | 22 | | Central Europe; she was at the Battle of the Bulge, the D-Day | 23 | | Invasion, and Anzio; during her service, she met King Zaad of |
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| 1 | | Albania, a Spitfire pilot for the British Air Force; Pope Pius | 2 | | XII; Josephine Baker; had a dinner date with Douglas Fairbanks, | 3 | | Jr.; flew a cargo plane; earned the nickname "Moonbeam"; and, | 4 | | shot a 50-caliber machine gun on a Swedish ship; she left the | 5 | | service as a Lieutenant 1st Class on February 21, 1946; she | 6 | | often was called upon by schools and groups to talk about her | 7 | | time in the service and later served as a VFW Post Adjutant in | 8 | | Lockport; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst returned from her service and earned | 10 | | a master's degree in English and an R.N. from Minnesota | 11 | | University; she married William "Bill" Worst in 1948; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst became a home healthcare nurse until | 13 | | 1949; starting in 1956, and through 1981, she worked at Silver | 14 | | Cross Hospital as an R.N., I.C.U. Director, and Coronary Clinic | 15 | | Specialist; she taught in the S.C.H. School of Nursing and | 16 | | served as a Fire and Disaster Safety Coordinator, EKG | 17 | | Instructor, CPR Instructor, and House Supervisor; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst volunteered in the Hospital Medical | 19 | | Library; she was an Encore Shop President and volunteer and was | 20 | | on the Advisory Board at S.C.H.; she was a long time member of | 21 | | the King's Daughters, the founding organization of Silver Cross | 22 | | Hospital; she also served as President of the American Heart | 23 | | Association of Illinois; she was a member of St. John's |
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| 1 | | Episcopal Church in Lockport and she was featured in Lockport's | 2 | | History Scavenger Hunt this past summer and was the Lockport | 3 | | Memorial Day Parade's Grand Marshal; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst was a great cook; she loved to | 5 | | garden and was a Garden Club member in Lockport; she crocheted | 6 | | and was known for knitting "scrubbies"; she sewed clothes for | 7 | | the kids and others; she took up painting and her art is | 8 | | distributed among her children and friends; she was an avid | 9 | | newspaper, book, and magazine reader; she was very political | 10 | | and could debate on all current events; she loved to tell war | 11 | | stories from her years in WWII; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst was preceded in death by her | 13 | | husband, Bill; her parents; her brothers, Vernon, Karl, Ewald, | 14 | | and Otto; and her sister, Elfrieda; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Worst is survived by her brother, Albert | 16 | | (Elaine); her children, Sally (Chris) Birkbeck, Cindy (Skip) | 17 | | Lanham, Sandy (Gilbert) Mitchell, and Marc Worst; her 4 | 18 | | grandchildren, Heather, Jesse, Michelle, and Sarah; and many | 19 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Dorothy Worst, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Dorothy Worst as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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