Full Text of HR0224 94th General Assembly
HR0224 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to recognize | 3 |
| significant milestones in the lives of the people of this | 4 |
| State; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Catherine Ann | 6 |
| Lancaster of Flossmoor is celebrating the 80th anniversary of | 7 |
| her birth; and
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| WHEREAS, Catherine Ann Grimes was born on March 15, 1925, | 9 |
| in Louisville, Kentucky, to Charles A. Grimes and Zona Mae | 10 |
| (Hood) Grimes; and
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| WHEREAS, Catherine attended primary and secondary school | 12 |
| in Memphis, Tennessee; in 1946, she received her diploma in | 13 |
| nursing from St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee; she | 14 |
| received her post graduate certification in operating room | 15 |
| nursing from the University of Chicago in 1951; in 1984, she | 16 |
| earned a Bachelor of Science in health arts from the University | 17 |
| of St. Francis in Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Lancaster spent many years working as a nurse | 19 |
| in the State of Illinois; she worked at University of Chicago | 20 |
| Hospitals, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, and at Christ Community | 21 |
| Hospital from 1961 until her retirement in 1987; at Christ | 22 |
| Community Hospital, now known as Advocate Christ Medical Center | 23 |
| in Oak Lawn, she worked as assistant supervisor of surgery, | 24 |
| operating room supervisor and clinical instruction | 25 |
| (Evangelical School of Nursing), and as director of surgical | 26 |
| services including operating room, recovery room, Surgi-Care | 27 |
| Center, and the surgical intensive care unit; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, She served in the United States Nursing Cadet | 29 |
| Corps from 1943 to 1946 during World War II; she is a member of | 30 |
| the Illinois Nurses Association District 1 and District 8, and |
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| she is a charter member, past board member, past chapter | 2 |
| president, and past delegate to the National Congress of the | 3 |
| Association of Operating Room Nurses Chapter 1406; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Catherine married George Lancaster of Fulton, | 5 |
| Kentucky, in 1947; the couple relocated to Chicago from | 6 |
| Lexington, Kentucky, in 1950; in 1952, they were blessed with | 7 |
| their first son, Charles, and in 1959 they were blessed again | 8 |
| with the birth of their daughter, Ruth Ann; and
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| WHEREAS, She lives with her son, Charles, and her three | 10 |
| grandchildren, Lauren Lancaster, Jacqueline Lancaster, and | 11 |
| Thomas Lancaster in Flossmoor; her daughter and son-in-law, | 12 |
| Ruth and Karl Almquist, are residents of Kingwood, Texas; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Lancaster is an active member of St. Clements | 14 |
| Church in Harvey; she serves on the Altar Committee and | 15 |
| volunteers at the weekly food pantry; therefore, be it | 16 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we congratulate Catherine Ann Lancaster on reaching the | 19 |
| distinguished mark of her 80th birthday, and we extend to her | 20 |
| our sincere best wishes for the future; and be it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to Mrs. Lancaster as an expression of our respect and | 23 |
| esteem.
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