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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 Sharon Lynn Harrison of Caseyville, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 16, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was born in Ames, Iowa on October | ||||||
| 6 | 31, 1938 to Kenneth and Leonora (nee Cronin) Phillips; she | ||||||
| 7 | graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science | ||||||
| 8 | in Home Economics; she married Moses W. Harrison, II in | ||||||
| 9 | Collinsville on December 30, 1961; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was a field home economist with | ||||||
| 11 | the Pet Milk Company in St. Louis, Missouri, where she appeared | ||||||
| 12 | live on television and radio stations around the nation, wrote | ||||||
| 13 | educational materials for schools, gave educational seminars | ||||||
| 14 | for home economics departments of many colleges and | ||||||
| 15 | universities, and did other promotional work for the company; | ||||||
| 16 | during that time, she was active in the American Home Economics | ||||||
| 17 | Association (now the Association of Family and Consumer | ||||||
| 18 | Sciences), Home Economists in Business, and American Women in | ||||||
| 19 | Radio and Television; in 1962, she was featured in the magazine | ||||||
| 20 | "Practical Home Economics" and appeared on the cover; she | ||||||
| 21 | served as speaker for many different local civic, educational, | ||||||
| 22 | and religious groups and was elected President of the | ||||||
| 23 | Collinsville Panhellenic Association; later, she was a sales | ||||||
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| 1 | associate and sewing instructor for Eunice Farmer Fabrics of | ||||||
| 2 | St. Louis; she also coordinated the sewing classes for the | ||||||
| 3 | company sewing school; she and Eunice Farmer co-founded and | ||||||
| 4 | co-owned F-H Enterprises, a small pattern company; she also | ||||||
| 5 | taught dressmaking, tailoring, and ultrasuede classes for | ||||||
| 6 | Belleville Area College, now known as Southwestern Illinois | ||||||
| 7 | College, and was the featured speaker of the American Sewing | ||||||
| 8 | Guild for the Springfield Lincoln Land Chapter in Springfield; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was a former member of Christ | ||||||
| 11 | Episcopal Church in Collinsville, where she was a member of the | ||||||
| 12 | vestry and a licensed Lay Reader; she was a member of St. | ||||||
| 13 | Michael's Episcopal Church in O'Fallon and a former member of | ||||||
| 14 | the Association of Wives of Illinois Lawyers; she was an active | ||||||
| 15 | participant in her husband's election campaigns; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 17 | husband of 51 years, Moses; her son, Luke W. Harrison; and her | ||||||
| 18 | parents; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison is survived by her son, Clarence | ||||||
| 20 | W. Harrison, and his wife, Carol, and their daughters, Lauren | ||||||
| 21 | and Rachel; her grandchildren, Sarah and Jacob and their | ||||||
| 22 | mother, Mary Harrison; and many other nieces, nephews, other | ||||||
| 23 | relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 3 | Sharon Lynn Harrison, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 4 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 5 | further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Sharon Harrison as an expression of | ||||||
| 8 | our deepest sympathy.
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