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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Sylvia Mae Cooper, who passed away on |
| 4 | | February 16, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper was born to Michael and Anna |
| 6 | | Weinstein Hirschberg on November 23, 1926 and grew up in Gary, |
| 7 | | Indiana; she attended nursing school and married Paul N. |
| 8 | | Cooper; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper opened a nursery school and day care |
| 10 | | center in McHenry, Cooper Kiddie College; she turned a small |
| 11 | | babysitting job in her basement into a thriving day care |
| 12 | | business for over 27 years; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Sylvia Cooper and her husband |
| 14 | | spent many years traveling around the United States in their |
| 15 | | motor home; she enjoyed teaching children how to swim, spending |
| 16 | | time with her dogs, eating ice cream topped with Bailey's Irish |
| 17 | | Cream, taking long walks in Glacial Park, and spending her |
| 18 | | winters in Orlando, Florida; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper was preceded in death by her parents |
| 20 | | and her brother, Robert Hirschberg; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Cooper is survived by her husband of over |
| 2 | | 60 years, Paul; her children, Mark Steven (Gail) Cooper, Dave |
| 3 | | (Noriko) Cooper, Phil (Kathleen) Cooper, Annette (Herb) |
| 4 | | Johnson, and Michele (Scott) Reiser; her grandchildren, Lori |
| 5 | | (Edward Jr. - Ken) Cooper McKendree, Kevin Cooper, Stephanie |
| 6 | | Cooper, Alan (Erina) Cooper, James Cooper, Jane Cooper, Phillip |
| 7 | | (Andrea) Cooper Jr., Sarah (James) Strzalka, Mikael Johnson, |
| 8 | | Trevor (Jessie) Johnson, Joseph Reiser, Amy Reiser, and Ashley |
| 9 | | Reiser; and her great-grandchildren, Eddie and Lana McKendree, |
| 10 | | Rachael, Faith, and Isaiah Vela, Tyson, Paxton, and Gavin |
| 11 | | Cooper, Ethan Demers, and Brinleigh and Makenna Johnson; |
| 12 | | therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 15 | | Sylvia Mae Cooper, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 17 | | further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Sylvia Cooper as an expression of |
| 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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