Full Text of SR1180 98th 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 Lillian Marshall Burris of Milford, | 4 | | Delaware, who passed away on April 8, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was born in 1919 in Lewes, Delaware | 6 | | to Joseph L. and Sue Watts Marshall; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris graduated from Lewes High School in | 8 | | 1937 and the University of Delaware in 1941; she subsequently | 9 | | taught at Caesar Rodney School for one year until the outbreak | 10 | | of World War II, when she married John E. "Jack" Burris; after | 11 | | the war, the couple settled in Milford, Delaware; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was a stay at home mother who | 13 | | dedicated herself to raising her 4 children and participating | 14 | | in numerous community activities; she served on the Delmarva | 15 | | Boy Scouts Advisory Board and the Girl Scouts Advisory Boards | 16 | | and was a member of the Parent-Teachers Association; she served | 17 | | as Chairperson of the Delaware Federation of Women's Clubs | 18 | | Field Service project and as Education Chairperson for the | 19 | | Milford New Century Club, where she administered the Club's | 20 | | Hirsch Fund for disadvantaged people for 20 years; she was a | 21 | | member of the Board of Kent-Sussex County's Mancus Foundation | 22 | | for Handicapped Persons and a charter member of the Milford |
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| 1 | | Housing Corporation; she was a Trustee of Wesley College and a | 2 | | member of the University of Delaware Alumni Board; she was a | 3 | | member of the Milford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and a Booth | 4 | | Chairperson with her husband, where her family and employees of | 5 | | Burris Foods cooked chicken barbecue dinners at the annual | 6 | | Milford Hospital Fair for over 30 years; she was also a trustee | 7 | | of the Children's Beach House Board for 50 years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris and her husband were chosen as | 9 | | "Citizen of the Year" twice by the Milford Chamber of Commerce | 10 | | and received the United Way's Alexis de Tocqueville Society | 11 | | Award; she received the distinguished honor of Delaware's | 12 | | Mother of the Year in 1992 and the "Outstanding Alumnae of the | 13 | | Year" award from the University of Delaware in 1997; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was an active member of Avenue | 15 | | United Methodist Church in Milford, Delaware for many years; | 16 | | she taught Sunday school for 18 years and served as a member of | 17 | | the Administrative Board, President of the United Methodist | 18 | | Women's Society, Parsonage Committee Co-Chair, and Council of | 19 | | Ministries Counselor with Youth Fellowship; she was also active | 20 | | in the United Methodist Women's Circle; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris enjoyed sandbars on Lewes Beach in | 22 | | the summer, football games at the University of Delaware in the | 23 | | fall, the extremely cold and windy days of winter in Delaware, |
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| 1 | | cooking, and spending time with her family and friends; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was preceded in death by her | 3 | | parents; her husband, John E. "Jack" Burris; her son, Robert D. | 4 | | Burris; and her sister, Sue Preston Dean; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lillian Burris is survived by her daughter, Lilla | 6 | | (Bob) Hoopman; a daughter-in-law, Susan Burris; sons, John | 7 | | (Cathy) Burris and Howard (Debbie) Burris; a brother, T. | 8 | | Rowland (Marian) Marshall; a sister, Mother Virginia Marshall; | 9 | | 15 grandchildren, including Sarah Burris Lauzen, who is married | 10 | | to United States Marine Corps Captain Theodore Lauzen, who is | 11 | | the son of retired Illinois State Senator Chris Lauzen; 30 | 12 | | great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 16 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Lillian Marshall | 17 | | Burris; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Lillian Burris as an expression of | 20 | | our sympathy.
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