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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION |
2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
3 | | to learn of the death of Catherine Sue "Cathy" Houghtby of |
4 | | Springfield, who passed away on March 31, 2024; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Cathy Houghtby was born to John and Mary |
6 | | (Vukelich) Green in Litchfield on October 19, 1955; she |
7 | | attended Holy Trinity Catholic School; she graduated from |
8 | | Mount Olive High School and Lincoln Land Community College; |
9 | | she completed additional paralegal studies at Lake Land |
10 | | College; she married Jerry Houghtby in 1991, and they later |
11 | | divorced, remaining dear friends; and |
12 | | WHEREAS, Cathy Houghtby spent nearly four decades helping |
13 | | senior citizens throughout the State of Illinois, working in |
14 | | partnership with senior groups as well as multiple State |
15 | | agencies and service groups; in her early years, she worked |
16 | | for Senior Citizens Legal Services in Effingham, educating |
17 | | older adults about benefit programs and assisting them with |
18 | | legal complaints; she also worked as a coordinator with the |
19 | | Governor's Office of Senior Involvement, where she helped |
20 | | State Representative Josephine Oblinger respond to various |
21 | | issues affecting seniors, including medical services and |
22 | | housing; for the last 25 years of her career, she worked as a |
23 | | senior advocate and special events coordinator for the |