SR1566 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Jean Leyrer of Harvard, who passed away on February 16, 2016; and

WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was born on May 24, 1927 in Chicago; her parents were John Adolph and Bessiebell (nee Currie) Boersema; she married Robert Harold Leyrer, Sr. on April 16, 1949 in Lombard; and

WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was a homemaker; she was also a bookkeeper, an employee at U.C. Light and Meyer's Produce, and a school bus driver in Crystal Lake for Districts 47 and 155; and

WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was a member of the Alden United Methodist Church, the Jobs Daughters, where she was a past Queen, and a Bridge group; she also taught Sunday school at Alden United Methodist Church and Crystal Lake United Methodist Church; and

WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer enjoyed gardening, knitting, sewing, making clothes for her children, and traveling up north to the family cottage; and

WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Robert; and

WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer is survived by her children, Robert H. (Charlene) Leyrer, Jr., Janet L. Bach, Ellen J. (Brian) Schultz, Howard (Karen) Leyrer, and Jeffrey A. (Michele) Leyrer; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and her lifelong friend, Joan Anderson; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Jean Leyrer; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Jean Leyrer as an expression of our sympathy.