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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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| learned with regret of the death of Mary E. "Betty" Brosius of |
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| Arlington Heights on Friday, March 26, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary E. Hopp was born and raised in Des Plaines; |
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| she attended Maine Township East High School for 3 years and |
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| was a member of the first graduating class at Maine Township |
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| West High School in 1960; she lived her entire life in Des |
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| Plaines until a recent move to Arlington Heights; her husband, |
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| Dick, preceded her in death in 1979; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Brosius believed that people deserved to be |
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| surrounded by love, comfort, and care when they die; because of |
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| this belief, she founded Rainbow Hospice in 1981; the hospice |
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| has gone from caring for less than a dozen patients and |
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| families in 1981, to serving an average of 160 patients and |
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| families each day; it was started as a volunteer hospice and |
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| now has over 120 professional employees and over 200 volunteers |
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| with sponsorship from Advocate and Resurrection Health Care |
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| Corporations; Mrs. Brosius served as the first Executive |
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| Director and, except for a brief hiatus, worked for Rainbow |
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| Hospice until her retirement in January of 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary E. "Betty" Brosius has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially her daughters, Carrie (Bill) |
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| Bending, Amy (Scott) Pracko, and Julie Brosius; her |
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| grandchildren, Cameron, Trevor, and Shane Parker, and Samantha |
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| and Matthew Pracko; her brother, Richard (Carol Ann) Hopp; her |
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| dear friend, Harvey Kretschmer; her many friends; and her |
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| Rainbow Hospice family; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Mary E. "Betty" Brosius, and we extend our deepest sympathy to |