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SR0092 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Betty K. Speck of Pope County, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 27, 2024; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck was born to Earl and Claris (Kerley) | ||||||
| 6 | Wright in Johnson County on October 1, 1933; she attended | ||||||
| 7 | Vienna High School; she received her Licensed Practical Nurse | ||||||
| 8 | (LPN) certification from Shawnee Community College; she | ||||||
| 9 | married Wayne Speck at Simpson Baptist Church on August 24, | ||||||
| 10 | 1974; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck worked in the surgical department at | ||||||
| 12 | the former Marion Memorial Hospital; she later worked at the | ||||||
| 13 | Hillview Health Care Center in Vienna and then in health | ||||||
| 14 | services at the Vienna Correctional Center, retiring after 16 | ||||||
| 15 | years of service; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck was a member of Glendale United | ||||||
| 17 | Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school and served as | ||||||
| 18 | a Bible school volunteer; she was also a member of the Pope | ||||||
| 19 | County Extension Homemakers Council and served as president of | ||||||
| 20 | the Mary Circle for a number of years; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck enjoyed crafting, making ceramics, | ||||||
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| 1 | quilting, and traveling with her husband; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck never met a stranger, and she was | ||||||
| 3 | always there to help her family, friends, and neighbors; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
| 5 | her brothers, Hal Wright, Bill Wright, Jean Wright, and Buster | ||||||
| 6 | Wright; her son-in-law, Jerry Mount; and her brother-in-law, | ||||||
| 7 | Carlos King; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Betty Speck is survived by her husband of 50 | ||||||
| 9 | years, Wayne; her daughter, Carolyn Mount; two grandchildren; | ||||||
| 10 | two great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Mary King; her | ||||||
| 11 | nieces, nephews, and other relatives; and many friends and | ||||||
| 12 | neighbors; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 15 | Betty K. Speck and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 16 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 17 | further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Betty Speck as an expression of our | ||||||
| 20 | deepest sympathy. | ||||||