Full Text of SR1485 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 Doris Arline Edwards of Macomb, who | 4 | | passed away on January 19, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Doris Edwards was born in Emmet Township to Philip | 6 | | and Anna (nee Doran) Lewis on August 11, 1919; she graduated | 7 | | from Western Academy in 1937 and Western Teachers College; she | 8 | | also held a master's degree from Western Illinois University; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Doris Edwards started her teaching career at | 11 | | Lombard, a one-room school in northern McDonough County, where | 12 | | she taught for 3 years; she then moved to Muddy Lane, where she | 13 | | taught from 1942 to 1947, and where in addition to teaching | 14 | | multiple grades and multiple subjects, she was responsible for | 15 | | janitorial work, hauling water in from outside, and keeping the | 16 | | stove fired; she did this while completing her bachelor's | 17 | | degree in 1950; she also taught soldiers at Fort Sheridan and | 18 | | worked at Camp Ellis during World War II; she continued her | 19 | | studies while teaching full-time and obtained her master's | 20 | | degree in 1956; with the consolidation of country schools, she | 21 | | went to Pekin, where she taught for 4 years before moving to | 22 | | Beardstown for the 1951-52 academic year; she was the founder | 23 | | of the Beardstown Head Start program, coordinator of Chapter I |
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| 1 | | and II programs, and served as Chapter I director; she spent | 2 | | many of her years teaching first grade but throughout her | 3 | | career taught every grade; she often taught and was a principal | 4 | | at the same time or was the principal over two schools | 5 | | simultaneously; she worked in 4 of the 5 Beardstown grade | 6 | | schools; she was known throughout the community for the | 7 | | wonderful Christmas programs she helped orchestrate and for | 8 | | teaching the children (and a few teachers) to square and | 9 | | ballroom dance; she was honored by the Illinois Board of | 10 | | Education in 2014 for holding the record for 73 years of | 11 | | service in the State of Illinois; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Doris Edwards was active in the Beardstown | 13 | | community as a member of St. Alexius Catholic Church and | 14 | | several service and professional organizations; she was a | 15 | | lector, eucharistic minister, and managed the CCD program at | 16 | | the church for many years; she founded and was a member of the | 17 | | Business & Professional Women organization; she was also a | 18 | | member of the Rotary Club and was a founding member of the | 19 | | Beardstown Ladies Investment Club; she helped in the writing | 20 | | and publication of the book series "Beardstown Ladies"; she | 21 | | spearheaded fundraising to refurbish the grand piano used in | 22 | | the high school auditorium; she was a member of the Illinois | 23 | | Retired Teachers Association, the Illinois Principal | 24 | | Association, the National Association of Elementary School | 25 | | Principals, and the National Education Association; while |
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| 1 | | residing in Macomb, she was a member of St. Paul Catholic | 2 | | Church; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Doris Edwards traveled to McDonough County on a | 4 | | weekly basis to visit with family on Sunday afternoons; she was | 5 | | often found at ball games, watching her brother Ed or his sons | 6 | | coach; she also enjoyed watching her nieces and nephews play | 7 | | and being a Tiger booster; she was honored by Beardstown as the | 8 | | Grand Marshal of the 2015 Fall Festival Parade and the | 9 | | playground at Gard Elementary School is named in her honor; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Doris Edwards was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents; her 3 brothers, Edward, John, and Bernard; and her 2 | 12 | | sisters, Helen Lewis, and Mary Williams; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Doris Edwards is survived by her sister, Joann | 14 | | (Lewis) Moore; her sister-in-law, Margaret (Hinman) Lewis; her | 15 | | 21 nieces and nephews; her 41 great-nieces and nephews; and her | 16 | | 43 great-great-nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Doris Arline Edwards, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 20 | | 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 Doris Edwards as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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