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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to recognize 
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significant milestones in the lives of the people of this 
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State; and
 

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    WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Catherine Ann 
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Lancaster of Flossmoor is celebrating the 80th anniversary of 
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her birth; and
 

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    WHEREAS,  Catherine Ann Grimes was born on March 15, 1925, 
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in Louisville, Kentucky, to Charles A. Grimes and Zona Mae 
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(Hood) Grimes; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Catherine attended primary and secondary school 
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in Memphis, Tennessee; in 1946, she received her diploma in 
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nursing from St. Joseph Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee; she 
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received her post graduate certification in operating room 
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nursing from the University of Chicago in 1951; in 1984, she 
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earned a Bachelor of Science in health arts from the University 
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of St. Francis in Joliet; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Lancaster spent many years working as a nurse 
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in the State of Illinois; she worked at University of Chicago 
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Hospitals, Ingalls Memorial Hospital, and at Christ Community 
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Hospital from 1961 until her retirement in 1987; at Christ 
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Community Hospital, now known as Advocate Christ Medical Center 
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in Oak Lawn, she worked as assistant supervisor of surgery, 
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operating room supervisor and clinical instruction 
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(Evangelical School of Nursing), and as director of surgical 
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services including operating room, recovery room, Surgi-Care 
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Center, and the surgical intensive care unit; and
 
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    WHEREAS, She served in the United States Nursing Cadet 
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Corps from 1943 to 1946 during World War II; she is a member of 
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the Illinois Nurses Association District 1 and District 8, and 
 


 






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she is a charter member, past board member, past chapter 
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president, and past delegate to the National Congress of the 
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Association of Operating Room Nurses Chapter 1406; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Catherine married George Lancaster  of Fulton, 
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Kentucky, in 1947; the couple relocated to Chicago from 
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Lexington, Kentucky, in 1950; in 1952, they were blessed with 
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their first son, Charles, and in 1959 they were blessed again 
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with the birth of their daughter, Ruth Ann; and
 

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    WHEREAS, She lives with her son, Charles, and her three 
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grandchildren, Lauren Lancaster, Jacqueline Lancaster, and 
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Thomas Lancaster in Flossmoor; her daughter and son-in-law, 
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Ruth and Karl Almquist, are residents of Kingwood, Texas; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Lancaster is an active member of St. Clements 
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Church in Harvey; she serves on the Altar Committee and 
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volunteers at the weekly food pantry; therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Catherine Ann Lancaster  on reaching the 
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distinguished mark of her 80th birthday, and we extend to her 
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our sincere best wishes for the future; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be 
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presented to Mrs. Lancaster as an expression of our respect and 
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esteem.