SR0799 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Helen Sauper of Naperville on Saturday, July 29, 2006; and

WHEREAS, She was born on November 6, 1920, in Sioux City, Iowa; she graduated from Central High School in Sioux City in 1940; after graduation, she moved to Chicago and worked for Employers' Mutual Insurance Company, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, and the Meinhardt Diamond Tool Company; she met and married her late husband, Ralph, in Chicago in 1942; and

WHEREAS, She lived in various places in the country, while her husband was serving in the Signal Corps; when he returned from Korea, they moved back to Sioux City; they moved to Chicago in 1947, and in 1948, they moved to Naperville; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sauper was an employee of the Naperville National Bank from 1954 to 1967, where she was the head of the bookkeeping and proof departments and later became the director of advertising and public relations; she was a graduate of the Financial Public Relations School of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, In 1967, she obtained her real estate broker's license and joined the real estate firm of Rich Port, Realtor until 1982, when she joined Re/Max, retiring in 1989; over the years of selling real estate, Mrs. Sauper received many high honors for sales and listings; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sauper was the first woman to serve as the president of the Naperville Chamber of Commerce; she served on many boards including Little Friends Inc., Wayside Cross Rescue Mission, Lifesprings Ministries, Naperville Chamber of Commerce, the YMCA, Grace United Methodist Church Administrative Board, and the Naperville Cemetery Association Board; she was a member of the North Central College Executive Committee for fund raising and was on the City of Naperville Historic Sites Committee; she volunteered at Edward Hospital and was a member of the Naperville Woman's Club; and

WHEREAS, She helped organize and was president of the Naperville Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's Association and was named Woman of the Year in 1970 by that chapter; she assisted in organizing the Naperville Diamond Chapter of the ABWA and was named Woman of the Year of the Year in 1984 by that chapter; the Diamond Chapter merged with Aurora members to form a new chapter, the Diamond City of Lights Chapter, where she served as historian; she received the Naperville Jaycees Distinguished Service Award in 1984 for the business category; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Sauper was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where she served on a number of committees and also taught kindergarten classes for 13 years; and

WHEREAS, The passing of Helen Sauper has been deeply felt by many, especially her son, John "Jack" (Adell) Sauper; her daughter, Rosemary (Charles) Kuder; her five grandchildren; and her two great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by her parents, Sparhawk and Henrietta (nee Goodwin) Hutchins; her husband, Ralph; her brothers, Herbert, Robert, and George; and her sister, Margaret Gillen; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Helen Sauper, and we extend our sincere condolences to her family, her friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to her family as an expression of our deepest sympathy.