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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 Joan T. Nielsen of Joliet, who passed |
| 4 | | away on May 29, 2019; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen was born and raised in Joliet; she |
| 6 | | graduated from St. Francis Academy in 1946; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen enjoyed volunteering in the surgical |
| 8 | | wing at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center; she was a member of |
| 9 | | the Secular Franciscan Order O.F.S., the Catholic Women's |
| 10 | | League, the Fraternity of St. Anthony, the Paulites, and the |
| 11 | | Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus; she attended St. Paul the |
| 12 | | Apostle Catholic Church; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen was a longtime Lockport resident |
| 14 | | before relocating back to Joliet in 1998; she was a prayerful, |
| 15 | | mediative person who always thought of the needs of others |
| 16 | | before her own while in prayer; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen was preceded by her husband, Herluf |
| 18 | | R. "Bob" Nielsen Jr.; her son, Robert William Nielsen; her |
| 19 | | parents, William and Mary (Callaghan) Burt; her sister, Marilyn |
| 20 | | Long; and her brother, William (Phyllis) Burt; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen is survived by her daughters, Jeanne |
| 2 | | (Jack) Phelan, Eileen (Larry) Whitgrove, and Annette (Dennis) |
| 3 | | Berman; her sons, Thomas (Candy) and James (Noreen) Nielsen; |
| 4 | | her grandchildren, Brian (Tricia) Phelan, John (Blanca) |
| 5 | | Phelan, Elizabeth (Jason) Schaedel, Larry Whitgrove, Annie |
| 6 | | Whitgrove, Danielle (Matthew) Sheehy, Mari (Thomas) Cerven, |
| 7 | | Erin (Ryan Killian) Berman, Brendan Nielsen, Christian |
| 8 | | Nielsen, Colin Nielsen, Haley Nielsen, and Dylan Nielsen; her |
| 9 | | great-grandchildren, Tyler, Kendall, Jordan, Devin, Sophia, |
| 10 | | Johnny, Anthony, Colten, Francesca, Cristiano, and Thomas; and |
| 11 | | a very special brother-in-law, Robert Long; therefore, be it
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 14 | | Joan T. Nielsen and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 16 | | further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Joan Nielsen as an expression of our |
| 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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