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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Noel |
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| Berner Hoyt of Evanston on February 29, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Noel Berner Hoyt lived in Evanston since 1965; |
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| after graduation from Marymount College in New York, she worked |
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| as an ad writer for Carson Pirie Scott & Co. in Chicago; she |
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| then dedicated herself to raising her 6 children and her 26 |
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| year marriage to Tom Hoyt; and
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| WHEREAS, Noel was best loved for her adventurous and |
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| fun-loving nature; she turned her bedroom into a 15th century |
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| Italian villa by hiring a professional artist to paint all four |
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| walls, the doors, and the ceiling in the "trompe l'oeil" style; |
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| among her many adventures, Noel took her daughters hot-air |
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| ballooning in the Loire Valley of France and talked her way |
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| into the college-age work crew for a summer-long architectural |
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| dig at an Etruscan ruin in La Pieta, Italy; she performed as a |
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| supernumerary in a recent performance of the Chicago Opera, |
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| where her stage instructions included "Swoosh in. Swoosh out."; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Noel loved architecture and would brazenly talk |
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| her way into off-limits architectural gems, from the library at |
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| Trinity College in Dublin to Lincoln Park mansions undergoing |
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| renovations; and
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| WHEREAS, To facilitate her adventures she printed phony |
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| business cards for herself and friend, Jess Cunniff, stating |
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| that they were respectively the President and Chairman of the |
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| Urban Studies Institute; with their card and the statement "We |
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| are architectural historians", Noel and Jess breezed past |
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| security guards and workmen; and
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