Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SR0321

SR0321 LRB104 13611 LAW 26234 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Ainsley Grace Johnson of Chatham, who passed away on April 28, 2025; and

WHEREAS, Ainsley Johnson, the daughter of Todd and Christy (Fuhrer) Johnson, was born in Springfield on February 16, 2017; and

WHEREAS, Ainsley Johnson was a second-grade student at Glenwood Elementary School, where she was loved and supported by her friends and teachers; and

WHEREAS, Ainsley Johnson enjoyed dancing at Studio M Dance Center and participating as a soccer player with the Springfield Area Soccer Association (SASA) Youth Recreational League; and

WHEREAS, Ainsley Johnson was a music lover, often singing along to any song she heard and borrowing her father's AirPods while he was mowing to listen along with him; and

WHEREAS, Ainsley Johnson also loved art, makeup, swimming, boating, and spending time at the lake, and she always looked forward to going on vacations with her family, knowing she could spend her mother's money on things she wanted; and

WHEREAS, Ainsley Johnson is survived by her parents; her older sister, Avery Taylor Johnson; her maternal grandparents, Joyce (Riggs) and John Hyde and Susie (the late Steve) Fuhrer; her paternal grandparents, Galen and Marsha (Beam) Johnson; her aunts and uncles, Kelli (Fuhrer) and Kevin Pologruto and Amy (Johnson) and Tim Boblitt; and her cousins, Adalyn and Griffin Boblitt; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Ainsley Grace Johnson and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

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