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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 Lord Lebsack, who passed away on 
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October 28, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Lebsack was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana; in 
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her youth, she lived with her family in various places in the 
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United States, Japan, and Morocco, where she graduated from 
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high school; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Lebsack attended nursing school at St. Mary 
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of the Plains in Dodge City, Kansas; she then earned her 
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bachelor's degree in nursing from Creighton University in 
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Omaha, Nebraska; during college, while working the night shift 
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in the emergency room of a hospital, she met her future 
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husband, Lyle Dean; less than a year later, she married her 
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husband in Omaha and moved to Chicago; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, After moving to Chicago, Sharon Lebsack earned her 
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master's degree in nursing at Dominican University in River 
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Forest; she then began a career as a registered nurse, which 
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included stints at the University of Illinois Medical Center at 
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Chicago and the Rush University Medical Center; she also worked 
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part-time at the Mercy Medical Center in Chicago and Holy 
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Family Medical Center in Des Plaines and was the office manager 
 


 






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for Dean's independent media ventures; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Lebsack was an active member of the Our 
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Lady of the Brook Catholic Church in Northbrook, where she 
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served many years as a Eucharistic minister; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Lebsack enjoyed gardening, fishing, and 
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traveling the world with her husband; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Sharon Lebsack is survived by her husband, Lyle; 
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her daughter, Kirsten Whipple; her son, Erik; her sister, Janet 
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Lord; her brothers, Richard, Thomas, and Michael Lord; and her 
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5 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 Lord Lebsack; 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 Lebsack as an expression of 
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our sympathy.