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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 Chloe Arloine Trautman of Champaign, who |
| 4 | | passed away on April 6, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Chloe Trautman was born in Urbana to David W. |
| 6 | | "Bud" and Benita "Bee" (Schulz) Reichard on June 30, 1927; she |
| 7 | | graduated from Urbana High School in 1945 and attended the |
| 8 | | Illinois Commercial Business College and the University of |
| 9 | | Illinois; she married J.M. "Mike" Trautman in 1956; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Chloe Trautman had a bookkeeping/accounting |
| 11 | | practice for many years and established her own income tax |
| 12 | | preparation business called the Tax Shop in 1967; she loved |
| 13 | | seeing her customers and reminiscing about their lives and |
| 14 | | preparing taxes every season into her 88th year; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Chloe Trautman would go swimming or ride her |
| 16 | | stationary bicycle every day; she enjoyed golfing for many |
| 17 | | years with her friends at the Champaign Country Club; she was |
| 18 | | an American Contract Bridge League Gold Life Master bridge |
| 19 | | player and authored a book about her passion and taught bridge |
| 20 | | for many years at the Urbana High Adult Education school; she |
| 21 | | enjoyed playing bridge online with the likes of Omar Sharif and |
| 22 | | many others around the world; her children were her joy in |
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| 1 | | life, and she generously gave them all she could to set them on |
| 2 | | the right path for the future; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Chloe Trautman loved ice skating with her father |
| 4 | | and loved driving friends and family on outings and trips in |
| 5 | | her motorhome; she would often vacation at her part-time home |
| 6 | | in Sarasota with her girlfriends; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Chloe Trautman was preceded in death by her |
| 8 | | parents; her sister, Arloine; and her brother, David Reichard; |
| 9 | | and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Chloe Trautman is survived by her husband, Mike; |
| 11 | | her children, Dr. Michael (Jolie) Trautman, Phil Trautman, |
| 12 | | David (Karen) Trautman, Charles Trautman, Michelle Trautman, |
| 13 | | and Babette (Rick) Paige; her grandchildren, P.J. Trautman, |
| 14 | | Jake Trautman, Chloe Trautman, Joshua Paige, and Reece Paige; |
| 15 | | therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | Chloe Arloine Trautman and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 19 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |