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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were saddened to learn of the death Marianne Therese Palm of |
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| Vernon Hills on December 28, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Palm was born on October 5, 1922, in Dio, |
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| Smaland, Sweden, the daughter of John Martin and Gerda Therese |
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| Swanson; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Palm and her mother came to the United States |
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| in August 1923 to join her father in Chicago; the family lived |
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| in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago until 1949 when |
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| they moved to their summer home in Channel Lake, which they |
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| made into a year-round home; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Palm graduated from Trummbal Elementary |
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| School, Amundsen High School, and the Moser Business School in |
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| Chicago; while working for the Southern Pacific Railroad, she |
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| lived in California and Arizona; returning to the Chicago area, |
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| she settled in Grayslake and worked for Navy Pier and the Great |
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| Lakes Naval Training Center; she retired after 20 years of |
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| civil service; and
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| WHEREAS, In June 2002, after residing in Grayslake for more |
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| than 40 years, Marianne moved to Vernon Hills to live with her |
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| daughter Monica and son-in-law Robert Lundeen; and
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| WHEREAS, In October 2002, Marianne celebrated her 80th |
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| birthday at a surprise party with family and friends she made |
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| throughout the years, including friends from elementary |
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| school, high school, and her childhood church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Marianne Therese Palm will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially her son, Michael; her |
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| daughters, Candi Becker, Pamela Rasmussen, Monica Lundeen, and |