SR0886 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Lorene Hull, who passed away on July 31, 2015; and

WHEREAS, Lorene Hull was born on November 16, 1919 in Ponca, Nebraska; her parents were William Harvey and Stella Bridgford Bottorff; she married William Henry Hull on June 1, 1942 in Ponca, Nebraska; and

WHEREAS, Lorene Hull grew up and graduated from high school in Ponca, Nebraska; she began her teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse; she later progressed to a 2-room school; she later attended Wayne State Teachers College in Wayne, Nebraska and graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in education, followed by a master's degree plus 60 hours; and

WHEREAS, Lorene Hull was a homemaker when her children were young, which included teaching Sunday School and the Ladies Aid at Grace Lutheran Church in Champaign; she also made flower arrangements from their garden and countless meals for both joyous and sad occasions for friends and neighbors; when her children were older, she returned to teaching at Leal School in Urbana; she taught primary grades for 14 years and wrote materials to help teachers teach reading which were published; the royalties went to buy musical instruments, first for her own children and later for students or other children she knew; and

WHEREAS, Lorene Hull served as a volunteer at the Champaign County Nursing Home; and

WHEREAS, Lorene Hull was preceded in death by her husband, William; her parents; a brother; and a daughter, Marilee; and

WHEREAS, Lorene Hull is survived by 2 children, William Dean Hull (Laura) and Marcia Hull Licquia (Jim); 3 grandchildren, Heather Hull, Daren (Virna) Hull, and Dawnetta (Christopher) Po; and 4 great-grandchildren, Jonathan Murphy, Jillian Hull, Parker Hull, and Julia Po; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Lorene Hull; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Lorene Hull as an expression of our sympathy.