Full Text of SR0328 101st 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 Eleanor Karin Seegren, who passed away on | 4 | | November 29, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren was born in Chicago on November | 6 | | 16, 1929 and graduated from Roosevelt High School; she attended | 7 | | Wright Junior College and earned a teaching degree; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren taught elementary school; she was | 9 | | a third grade teacher at Spring Bluff Elementary in Winthrop | 10 | | Harbor and an art teacher at Our Lady of Humility Catholic | 11 | | School; she worked as a substitute teacher for several Lake | 12 | | County school districts until the age of 79; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren served as activity director at | 14 | | Crown Manor Nursing Home in Zion, Terrace Nursing Home in | 15 | | Waukegan, and Sheridan Health Care Center in Zion; she was also | 16 | | a caseworker for the Illinois Department of Public Aid and a | 17 | | childcare referral counselor for the YWCA in Waukegan; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren and her husband attended Immanuel | 19 | | Baptist Church in Waukegan and then helped establish the Bonnie | 20 | | Brook Baptist Church; she was involved with the Child | 21 | | Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) and hosted a Good News Club in her |
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| 1 | | home for neighborhood children; she served on the local CEF | 2 | | committee and eventually became director of the Northeast | 3 | | Illinois CEF chapter; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren used her creative skills to make | 5 | | specialty craft items for teaching children and was known for | 6 | | the kitchen Tidy Towels she designed; she was also known for | 7 | | her cheerful greetings and engaging conversations; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren was preceded in death by her | 9 | | parents; her husband of 58 years, Walter R. Seegren; her | 10 | | brother, Stanley; and her sister, Ruth; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren is survived by her daughter, Kris | 12 | | Seegren, and her sons, Randy and Ken (Janet) Seegren; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Eleanor Karin Seegren and extend our sincere condolences to her | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Eleanor Seegren as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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