HR0151 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Christl M. Hansen of Mount Prospect on February 19, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Christl Hansen was the wife of former Cook County Commissioner Carl Hansen; and

WHEREAS, Christl Hansen was born in Coburg, Germany in 1924; as a young girl she participated in state theater and was crowned Miss Tourism in Bavaria; she was attending the equivalent of a community college in Coburg and working for the U.S. government running a youth center when she met her husband, who was stationed in Germany during the occupation after World War II; and

WHEREAS, When Carl Hansen returned to the United States to pursue his education, he found himself missing Christl and soon she arrived in the United States to become his wife; the couple married in 1952 and she began attending classes at the Art Institute of Chicago; and

WHEREAS, In 1958 the couple moved to Mount Prospect, where Christl Hansen started an art group in her basement studio; she was one of the founding members of the Mount Prospect Art League and was known as one of the premier painters in the Northwest suburbs; she received many awards and won numerous art competitions over the years; and

WHEREAS, Christl Hansen is survived by her loving husband, Carl; her son, Lothar; her sisters, Ursula Choate and Iris Draper; her brother, Peter Bach; and her granddaughter; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Christl M. Hansen; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Christl M. Hansen as a symbol of our sympathy.