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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 Helen J. Anderson of Hinsdale, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on November 7, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She was extremely proud of her family and her | ||||||
| 6 | Welsh heritage; she was smart, creative, and had a quick wit; | ||||||
| 7 | she often referred to herself and her husband as "a good team"; | ||||||
| 8 | her husband frequently announced that she was "the prettiest | ||||||
| 9 | bride of the 50's", a good wife, and a superb writer; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, She was born and raised in the Chicago area, and | ||||||
| 11 | later attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison as her | ||||||
| 12 | father had before her; she was a member of the Alpha Gamma | ||||||
| 13 | Delta sorority and graduated with a degree in journalism; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, She was an accomplished journalist and managing | ||||||
| 15 | editor of 2 national publications, "Small Homes Guide" and | ||||||
| 16 | "Home Modernizing"; she also worked as a freelance travel and | ||||||
| 17 | feature writer for the Chicago Tribune for many years; one of | ||||||
| 18 | her proudest accomplishments was to have one of her travel | ||||||
| 19 | stories on France on the cover of the travel section of the | ||||||
| 20 | Chicago Tribune; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, She believed in doing research for her stories the | ||||||
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| 1 | "old fashioned way" by going to the library and talking to | ||||||
| 2 | people as opposed to using the Internet; she loved traveling | ||||||
| 3 | with her family and enjoyed painting and writing poetry; she | ||||||
| 4 | was very generous and contributed annually to many | ||||||
| 5 | organizations, including the Union Church of Hinsdale, where | ||||||
| 6 | she had been a Sunday school teacher, and the Rush University | ||||||
| 7 | Medical Center, where she, like her mother, had served on the | ||||||
| 8 | Women's Board; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Maldwyn | ||||||
| 10 | L. and Catherine P. Jones; and her sister, Marian J. Hansen; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, She was the loving wife for 57 years of Alan | ||||||
| 13 | Frederick Anderson; the beloved mother of Cathy L. Anderson and | ||||||
| 14 | Nancy J. Anderson; and the fond aunt of Catherine A. and David | ||||||
| 15 | J. Hansen; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 18 | her family and friends, the passing of Helen Anderson; and be | ||||||
| 19 | it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Helen Anderson as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 22 | sincere sympathy.
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