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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 Phyllis (nee Holowaty) Albrecht of Lake |
| 4 | | Bluff, who passed away on April 2, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Phyllis Albrecht was born in Chicago on May 22, |
| 6 | | 1934; she graduated from Taft High School and from Knox College |
| 7 | | in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy, where she was |
| 8 | | the first woman student body President; she settled in Lake |
| 9 | | Bluff in 1964; in 1971, she graduated from Northwestern |
| 10 | | University; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Phyllis Albrecht worked for 25 years, from 1972 to |
| 12 | | 1997, as a clinical instructor in speech and language pathology |
| 13 | | at Northwestern University; she was active in the American |
| 14 | | Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Phyllis Albrecht became the first female Trustee |
| 16 | | on the Lake Bluff Village Board in 1973, serving until 1981; |
| 17 | | she then served as the first woman President of the village |
| 18 | | from 1981 to 1985; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Phyllis Albrecht was active with the League of |
| 20 | | Women Voters, serving as President of the Lake Bluff chapter |
| 21 | | from 1966 to 1968, and then as Co-President and President for |
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| 1 | | the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff chapter from 1990 to 1994; she was |
| 2 | | named the inaugural recipient of the Carrie Chapman Catt Local |
| 3 | | Leadership Award in 2013; she helped establish the Lake Bluff |
| 4 | | History Museum, serving as Co-Chair of the fundraising |
| 5 | | committee and later as a board member; she played a key role in |
| 6 | | planning Lake Bluff's centennial celebration in 1995 as Chair |
| 7 | | of the Centennial Commission; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, in honor of Phyllis Albrecht, Lake Bluff |
| 9 | | created the Phyllis Albrecht Award to recognize distinguished |
| 10 | | community service; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Phyllis Albrecht was the beloved wife of James L. |
| 12 | | Albrecht for 58 years; the loving mother of Ann Michel (Scott), |
| 13 | | Karen Albrecht, and James M. Albrecht (Lisa Marcus); and the |
| 14 | | loving grandmother of Stephen, Jeffrey, and Gregory Michel and |
| 15 | | Hannah and Cecily Albrecht; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 18 | | Phyllis Albrecht, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Phyllis Albrecht as an expression of |