Full Text of SR0387 93rd General Assembly
SR0387 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death Marianne Therese Palm of | 4 |
| Vernon Hills on December 28, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Palm was born on October 5, 1922, in Dio, | 6 |
| Smaland, Sweden, the daughter of John Martin and Gerda Therese | 7 |
| Swanson; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Palm and her mother came to the United States | 9 |
| in August 1923 to join her father in Chicago; the family lived | 10 |
| in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago until 1949 when | 11 |
| they moved to their summer home in Channel Lake, which they | 12 |
| made into a year-round home; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Ms. Palm graduated from Trummbal Elementary | 14 |
| School, Amundsen High School, and the Moser Business School in | 15 |
| Chicago; while working for the Southern Pacific Railroad, she | 16 |
| lived in California and Arizona; returning to the Chicago area, | 17 |
| she settled in Grayslake and worked for Navy Pier and the Great | 18 |
| Lakes Naval Training Center; she retired after 20 years of | 19 |
| civil service; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, In June 2002, after residing in Grayslake for more | 21 |
| than 40 years, Marianne moved to Vernon Hills to live with her | 22 |
| daughter Monica and son-in-law Robert Lundeen; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, In October 2002, Marianne celebrated her 80th | 24 |
| birthday at a surprise party with family and friends she made | 25 |
| throughout the years, including friends from elementary | 26 |
| school, high school, and her childhood church; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Marianne Therese Palm will be | 28 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her son, Michael; her | 29 |
| daughters, Candi Becker, Pamela Rasmussen, Monica Lundeen, and |
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| Jessica Scroggin; her nine grandchildren; and two | 2 |
| great-grandchildren; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 4 |
| husband, Douglas Palm; and her brother, Roy Martin Swanson; | 5 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Marianne Therese Palm along with all who knew and loved her and | 9 |
| extend our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and | 10 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Marianne Therese Palm as an | 13 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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