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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Anne H. Evans of Des Plaines, who passed 
4away on April 7, 2019; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Anne Evans was born in Long Beach, California on 
6May 7, 1926; she attended Northwestern University, where she 
7majored in chemistry and math, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 
81947; she married Thomas Martin Evans that same year; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Anne Evans joined the Maine Township Community 
10Concert Association when it started in Des Plaines and served 
11as its president for a time; she joined the Des Plaines Arts 
12Council as a representative from the Northwest Symphony 
13Orchestra Board and joined efforts to restore the Des Plaines 
14Theater as a performing arts center; she was a member of the 
15Northwest Suburban branch of the American Association of 
16University Women (AAUW) and served on the board of Church Women 
17United of Des Plaines; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Anne Evans began her involvement with local and 
19State government as a founding member of the League of Women 
20Voters (LWV) in Des Plaines; she was elected as a delegate to 
21the Illinois Constitutional Convention on a non-partisan 
22ballot in 1969; she was later elected to the Maine Township 
 
 
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1High School board, where she served for ten years, including as 
2president; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Anne Evans was preceded in death by her husband, 
4Thomas; her brother William Hincke; and her son-in-law, Bryan 
5Newkirk; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Anne Evans is survived by her children, Kate 
7Newkirk, Nancy (Vince) Johnsen, Betty Lou (Neal) Schindler, and 
8James (Stacee) Evans; her grandchildren, Jenai, John, Susanna, 
9Tom, Tobin, Steve, Brian, Brent, and Bruce; her sisters-in-law, 
10Nancy (the late Arvid) Carlson and Lucy Hincke; and her five 
11nieces and nephews and their families; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Anne H. Evans and extend our sincere condolences to her family, 
15friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to the family of Anne Evans as an expression of our 
18deepest sympathy.