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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Sharon Ann Pikrone of Elburn, who passed 
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away on December 9, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Ann Pikrone was born in Minneapolis; she 
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moved with her family to Chicago's Galewood neighborhood on the 
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West Side when she was eight years old; after graduating from 
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Steinmetz High School, she attended the School of the Art 
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Institute of Chicago, where she studied sculpting; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1964, Sharon Ann Pikrone married her husband, 
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Bob; together, they had three daughters; the couple lived with 
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their children in Oak Park before moving to Elburn 20 years 
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ago; and

 
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    WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, Sharon Ann Pikrone was a 
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frequent exhibitor at art fairs throughout the country, where 
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she was often awarded Best of Show; her watercolor paintings 
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were lauded for their detail, delicacy, and intensity of color; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Ann Pikrone is survived by her loving 
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husband, Bob; her daughters, Gayle Richardson, Christy 
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Talbert, and Deanne Slapa; her brother, Bruce Sanfillippo; and 
 


 






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her seven grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Sharon Ann Pikrone; and 
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be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Sharon Ann Pikrone as an expression 
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of our sympathy.