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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 sadness of the death of Evelyn J. (Mohart) 
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Wakeland Bartylak of Godfrey on Wednesday, August 18, 2004; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Bartylak was born on September 22, 1920 in 
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Hamilton to Theodore H. and Neta (Wedding) Mohart; and
 

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    WHEREAS, The wife of Joseph R. Bartylak, she spent time as  
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a child welfare caseworker in Missouri; later, she became a 
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gerontological caseworker in St. Louis, having implemented the 
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Teamsters Council Housing for Retired Persons; she also 
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conducted seminars in Hawaii and nationally regarding housing 
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for the elderly; and
 

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    WHEREAS, She was educated in Illinois and Missouri, 
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including at St. Louis University, Washington University, and 
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Western Illinois University in Macomb; she obtained her medical 
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technician degree from Pasteur Institute in St. Louis; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Bartylak joined the First Presbyterian 
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Church of Alton in 1977 and served as an elder, deacon, and 
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Sunday school teacher; she was a board member of Saint 
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Anthony's Home Health Care Group, was a board member of the 
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Alton Museum of History and Art, and was a former member of 
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Habitat for Humanity, Alton Woman's Council, and Lewis and 
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Clark Foundation; she was an amateur artist and musically 
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talented, devoting hours of music therapy to nursing and 
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veterans homes; she was known for her community activism and 
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her delicious cheesecake and canned sweet pickles; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Her passing has been deeply felt by many, 
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especially her husband, Joseph R. Bartylak; her daughter, Mimi 
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Chandler/Patrick; her son, the Rev. T. Michel Wakeland and his 
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wife, Cynthia Hancock Wakeland; her stepdaughters, Diane B. 
 


 






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Galbraith and Constance Clark; her foster son, Mike Little; her 
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grandchild, Sarah Jean Wakeland; her sister, Marjorie Wehmeyer 
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and her husband, Archie; and her numerous cousins, nieces, 
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great-nieces, and great-great-nephews; 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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Evelyn J. Bartylak, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her 
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family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Mrs. Bartylak as an expression of 
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our sincere condolences.