Full Text of SR2185 100th 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 Dolores Moore Harlow "Dodie" Hirst of | 4 | | Bloomington, who passed away on October 25, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Hirst was born in Wichita, Kansas to Roger | 6 | | Moore and Sudie Belle Stephens Harlow on May 26, 1930; she and | 7 | | her mother moved to Natchitoches, Louisiana for a brief time | 8 | | before returning to Wichita in 1940; she graduated from high | 9 | | school a year early and began taking courses at Wichita's | 10 | | Friends University in voice, speech, and dramatics; in high | 11 | | school and college, she often took the lead role in musicals; | 12 | | she married George William Hirst, and they moved to Chicago; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Hirst and her family moved to Moline in | 15 | | 1950 and East Peoria in 1961; while in East Peoria, she was | 16 | | active in bridge groups, the Peoria Art Guild, and the Peoria | 17 | | Players; she began taking courses toward a master's degree in | 18 | | education at Bradley University in Peoria; in 1964, after a | 19 | | brief teaching stint in Peoria public schools, she began | 20 | | teaching in the East Peoria school system; she taught | 21 | | kindergarten at Lincoln and D.D. Shute elementary schools, then | 22 | | junior high school at East Peoria Central Junior High; she | 23 | | commuted to East Peoria for several years after the family |
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| 1 | | moved to Wyoming, Illinois in 1971; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Upon retiring, Dolores Hirst went into business in | 3 | | Wyoming as a florist; in 2010, she moved to Arizona with her | 4 | | husband to be near their daughter, Lisa; after his passing, she | 5 | | moved back to Wyoming to be near her friends and lived there | 6 | | until 2015 when she moved to Bloomington; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Hirst took many roles in her church as a | 8 | | musician and Sunday school teacher; she was always interested | 9 | | in the arts, supported social justice issues, and volunteered | 10 | | at the Resource House in Wyoming; in 2016, she won the Advocate | 11 | | of the Year Award from the LIFE Center for Independent Living | 12 | | in McLean County for her work with people with disabilities; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Hirst loved to play bridge and was a | 15 | | fanatical cryptoquote and crossword puzzler; she had a | 16 | | marvelous coloratura voice, which she shared with the churches | 17 | | and elsewhere on special occasions; most memorable was her | 18 | | rendition of O Holy Night, which she sang sometimes as a duet | 19 | | with her sister-in-law, Eva Hirst, in many of the Christmas | 20 | | celebrations; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Hirst was preceded in death by her | 22 | | parents; her husband, Rev. George Hirst; and her sister-in-law, |
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| 1 | | Eva Hirst; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Dolores Hirst is survived by her children, Stephen | 3 | | (Kristin), Kris (Ed) Nellis, Lisa (Dan) Roger, and David | 4 | | (Marcia); her brother-in-law, Allen; her grandchildren, Amy, | 5 | | Matthew, Kate, Aaron, Mason, and Rachel; her | 6 | | great-grandchildren, Augustine, Georgia, June, and Nora; | 7 | | dozens of cousins, nieces, and nephews; and numerous friends, | 8 | | former students, and colleagues from her teaching days; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Dolores Moore Harlow "Dodie" Hirst and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | her; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Dolores Hirst as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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