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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Calista Wehrli of Naperville, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on September 6, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She was born June 25, 1925, one of 13 children | ||||||
| 6 | born to Frank and Gertrude Wehrli; she graduated from | ||||||
| 7 | Naperville Community High School in 1943; she joined the United | ||||||
| 8 | States Marine Corps Women's Reserve in 1945; while stationed at | ||||||
| 9 | Camp Lejeune in North Carolina and on Parris Island, South | ||||||
| 10 | Carolina, she was responsible for organizing the sports | ||||||
| 11 | programs for the men and women on base; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Upon her return home, she managed Centennial Beach | ||||||
| 13 | and organized the end-of-summer entertainment event called the | ||||||
| 14 | Aquathons; she was also one of the first women to serve as a | ||||||
| 15 | lifeguard at Centennial Beach; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In 1946, the Advanced Flyer and Exposition Flyer | ||||||
| 17 | trains collided in Naperville, killing 47 people and injuring | ||||||
| 18 | many more; Calista Wehrli was immediately on the scene and | ||||||
| 19 | worked for 8 hours rescuing people and assisting others; she | ||||||
| 20 | later met President Harry Truman, who shook her hand and | ||||||
| 21 | thanked her for her efforts; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, She attended North Central College in 1946 and | ||||||
| 2 | 1947, then transferred to Iowa State Teachers College, | ||||||
| 3 | graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts degree; she began | ||||||
| 4 | teaching in 1950 and retired in 1985, after being named the | ||||||
| 5 | Ontario, California, High School teacher of the year; the | ||||||
| 6 | swimming pools at Ontario High School are dedicated to her; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, She played baseball for the Borman Chryslerettes, | ||||||
| 8 | a farm club for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball | ||||||
| 9 | League's Rockford Peaches during the summers of 1947 and 1948; | ||||||
| 10 | and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Calista Wehrli is survived by her 62 nieces and | ||||||
| 12 | nephews; her brothers, Dick, Don, Andrew, and Harp; and her | ||||||
| 13 | sisters, Ann Jansen, Carol Doll, Joyce Wehrli, Jean Kuhn, and | ||||||
| 14 | Marge Walsh; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 17 | her family and friends, the passing of Calista Wehrli; and be | ||||||
| 18 | it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Calista Wehrli as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 21 | sincere sympathy.
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