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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Carolyn Ann Greene Axt of Peoria, who 
4passed away on September 30, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Carolyn Axt  was born on September 29, 1929 in 
6Peoria to Howard and Margaret (nee Turnbull) Greene; she 
7graduated from Peoria (Central) High School in 1947 and from 
8the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in 1951, with a 
9degree in Journalism, where she was Alpha Chi Omega; she 
10married Don Axt on November 1, 1958; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Carolyn Axt worked for Thompson Advertising and 
12CILCO (now Ameren); and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Carolyn Axt was a member of the Westminster 
14Presbyterian Church, serving as Deacon and Elder; she was 
15active in the Methodist Hospital Service League, the As You 
16Like It Club, and the Fine Arts Society; she served on the 
17board of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the Kickapoo 
18Council of Girl Scouts, the Friendship House, and the 
19Westminster Infant Care Center; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Carolyn Axt was preceded in death by her parents; 
21her sister, Mary Barbara (Richard) Faville; and her brother, 
 
 
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1John Greene; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Carolyn Axt is survived by her husband, Don; her 
3children, Amy (John) Hanson, David Axt, and Carla Axt-Pilon; 
4and her grandchildren, Alice Axt-Pilon, Betsy Pilon, and 
5Rosemary and Will Hanson; therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
8Carolyn Ann Greene Axt, and extend our sincere condolences to 
9her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
10further
   
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to the family of Carolyn Axt as an expression of our 
13deepest sympathy.