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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Jean Leyrer of Harvard, who passed away 
4on February 16, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was born on May 24, 1927 in Chicago; 
6her parents were John Adolph and Bessiebell (nee Currie) 
7Boersema; she married Robert Harold Leyrer, Sr. on April 16, 
81949 in Lombard; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was a homemaker; she was also a 
10bookkeeper, an employee at U.C. Light and Meyer's Produce, and 
11a school bus driver in Crystal Lake for Districts 47 and 155; 
12and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was a member of the Alden United 
14Methodist Church, the Jobs Daughters, where she was a past 
15Queen, and a Bridge group; she also taught Sunday school at 
16Alden United Methodist Church and Crystal Lake United Methodist 
17Church; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer enjoyed gardening, knitting, sewing, 
19making clothes for her children, and traveling up north to the 
20family cottage; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer was preceded in death by her parents 
2and her husband, Robert; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Jean Leyrer is survived by her children, Robert H. 
4(Charlene) Leyrer, Jr., Janet L. Bach, Ellen J. (Brian) 
5Schultz, Howard (Karen) Leyrer, and Jeffrey A. (Michele) 
6Leyrer; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and her 
7lifelong friend, Joan Anderson; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
10family and friends, mourn the passing of Jean Leyrer; and be it 
11further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of Jean Leyrer as an expression of our 
14sympathy.