Full Text of SR1066 96th 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 Helen J. Anderson of Hinsdale, who passed | 4 | | away on November 7, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was extremely proud of her family and her | 6 | | Welsh heritage; she was smart, creative, and had a quick wit; | 7 | | she often referred to herself and her husband as "a good team"; | 8 | | her husband frequently announced that she was "the prettiest | 9 | | bride of the 50's", a good wife, and a superb writer; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, She was born and raised in the Chicago area, and | 11 | | later attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison as her | 12 | | father had before her; she was a member of the Alpha Gamma | 13 | | Delta sorority and graduated with a degree in journalism; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, She was an accomplished journalist and managing | 15 | | editor of 2 national publications, "Small Homes Guide" and | 16 | | "Home Modernizing"; she also worked as a freelance travel and | 17 | | feature writer for the Chicago Tribune for many years; one of | 18 | | her proudest accomplishments was to have one of her travel | 19 | | stories on France on the cover of the travel section of the | 20 | | Chicago Tribune; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, She believed in doing research for her stories the |
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| 1 | | "old fashioned way" by going to the library and talking to | 2 | | people as opposed to using the Internet; she loved traveling | 3 | | with her family and enjoyed painting and writing poetry; she | 4 | | was very generous and contributed annually to many | 5 | | organizations, including the Union Church of Hinsdale, where | 6 | | she had been a Sunday school teacher, and the Rush University | 7 | | Medical Center, where she, like her mother, had served on the | 8 | | Women's Board; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Maldwyn | 10 | | L. and Catherine P. Jones; and her sister, Marian J. Hansen; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, She was the loving wife for 57 years of Alan | 13 | | Frederick Anderson; the beloved mother of Cathy L. Anderson and | 14 | | Nancy J. Anderson; and the fond aunt of Catherine A. and David | 15 | | J. Hansen; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 | | her family and friends, the passing of Helen Anderson; and be | 19 | | it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Helen Anderson as a symbol of our | 22 | | sincere sympathy.
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