Full Text of SR0250 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 Lily Wei-Jeo Lee of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on March 15, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lily Lee was born on November 7, 1936 in Ningbo, | 6 | | China; her parents were Z.H. and Alice Ching; she married Steve | 7 | | Lee on August 8, 1959, in Wilmington, Delaware; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, As a young girl, Lily Lee immigrated with her | 9 | | family to Taipei, Taiwan, where she attended grade school and | 10 | | high school; in the early 1950s, she moved to Peoria to attend | 11 | | nursing school at St. Francis Hospital; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Lily Lee dedicated her entire career to nursing; | 13 | | she started her career as a nurse at St. Francis Hospital, | 14 | | where she served for many years; in 1972, she joined the staff | 15 | | of instructors at the Illinois Central College nursing program; | 16 | | as an instructor, she was able to work toward building a vital | 17 | | part of the Peoria area health care community; she served at | 18 | | Illinois Central College from 1972 to 1997; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Later in her life, Lily Lee set herself an | 20 | | ambitious goal of returning to school to earn a Ph.D. in | 21 | | pediatric nursing; after studying at the University of Illinois |
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| 1 | | Chicago Circle campus and Yale University, she earned her Ph.D. | 2 | | with a thesis on assessing pediatric pain; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Lily Lee was an avid traveler; following her | 4 | | retirement, she and her husband traveled across the globe, | 5 | | sharing many adventures and serving as goodwill ambassadors for | 6 | | Peoria; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lily Lee is survived by a son, Jeffrey; a | 8 | | daughter-in-law, Anthanette; a granddaughter, Elena; 3 | 9 | | sisters, Jean, Rose, and Mary; and a brother, David; therefore, | 10 | | be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Lily Wei-Jeo Lee; and | 14 | | be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Lily Lee as an expression of our | 17 | | sympathy.
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