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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Tineke Cornelia "Trijntje" Schouten, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on November 28, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was born to Dirk Schouten and | ||||||
| 6 | Trijntje Walst in Bersingerhorn in North Holland in the | ||||||
| 7 | Netherlands on January 26, 1931; she immigrated to the United | ||||||
| 8 | States on April 13, 1956, sponsored by the Houck family of Oak | ||||||
| 9 | Park, and she became a United States citizen in 1977; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten worked as an executive | ||||||
| 11 | administrative assistant at Marsh and McLennan, Inc.; she also | ||||||
| 12 | worked at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital, now known as | ||||||
| 13 | Midwestern University, and the Chicago College of Osteopathic | ||||||
| 14 | Medicine; additionally, she became a realtor and real estate | ||||||
| 15 | broker for Century 21; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was a member of a variety of | ||||||
| 17 | organizations, including the Dutch Immigrant Society, the | ||||||
| 18 | Knickerbocker Society, First Congregational Church, the Art | ||||||
| 19 | Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian Institute, and the | ||||||
| 20 | Wilderness Society; she held her realtor license in the State | ||||||
| 21 | of Florida, where she was a member of Meadowbrook Church, the | ||||||
| 22 | Prayer Shawl Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Ocala, | ||||||
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| 1 | Florida, and the HOA in the subdivision where she had retired; | ||||||
| 2 | she was a notary public and a founding member, along with Dr. | ||||||
| 3 | Mildred C. Harris, of God First Ministries, and she was | ||||||
| 4 | awarded Signatures of Prolific Women in 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was a woman of deep faith; her | ||||||
| 6 | light and joy were contagious; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 8 | parents; her sisters, Grietje Lewis and Herma Lengkeek; and | ||||||
| 9 | her niece, Margriet Milders; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten is survived by her niece, Julie | ||||||
| 11 | (Mike) Kennedy; her nephews, Dirk (Teresa) Lewis, Tom (Leslie | ||||||
| 12 | Carmona) Lewis, and Olaf Milders; her great-nieces, Brenda | ||||||
| 13 | (Henry) Alarco, Eve (Cody) Kraft, Lydia (Dirk) Louwter, and | ||||||
| 14 | Isabella; her great-nephews, Joshua, Micheal (Heather), Luke, | ||||||
| 15 | and Maarten (Thailita); her great-great-niece, Sophia; and her | ||||||
| 16 | great-great-nephews, Lucas, Luuk, and Cooper; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 19 | Tineke Cornelia "Trijntje" Schouten and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 20 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 21 | her; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Tineke Schouten as an expression of | ||||||
| 3 | our deepest sympathy. | ||||||