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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Carol Ann Glynn of East Peoria, who
4passed away on November 23, 2020; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Carol Glynn was born to Virgil and Victoria
6(Swenson) Bowlby in Davenport, Iowa on October 5, 1937; her
7family moved from Davenport to East Peoria in 1946; she
8graduated from East Peoria High School in 1955; she attended
9Illinois State University, where she met Terry W. Glynn; they
10were married in Peoria on August 20, 1957; she graduated with a
11degree in Special Education in 1961; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Carol Glynn taught grade school in Morton, junior
13high school in East Peoria, and high school in Washington,
14Illinois; she retired in 1993 as the head of the Special
15Education Department and as the J-V Tennis Coach; after
16retirement, she provided professional interior arrangement
17services through a small business she started, as she always
18had an eye for design, color, and art; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Carol Glynn and her husband were active in the
20First United Methodist Church in Peoria during the 60s and
2170s; while wintering in Hilton Head, they joined the Universal
22Unitarian Church of Hilton Head and later the Universal

 

 

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1Unitarian Church of Peoria; she was active in the Fine Arts
2Society of Peoria, The Art Guild, and the Peoria Garden Club;
3she was the superintendent of the Heart of Illinois Fair
4Horticulture for several years; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Carol Glynn and her family enjoyed a family
6camping vacation every year; she and her husband enjoyed many
7traveling adventures, including hiking and camping in a pup
8tent throughout Europe, educational tours, cruises, trips to
9Asia, and an African safari; she enjoyed painting, flower
10arrangement, home decorating, and sewing beautiful outfits for
11herself and her children; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Carol Glynn was preceded in death by her son,
13Michael Will Glynn; her parents; and her sister, Mary
14(Johnson) Morehead; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Carol Glynn is survived by her husband of 63
16years, Terry; her two daughters, Kathy Glynn and Kristy Glynn;
17her two grandchildren, Tracey (Zachery) Myers and Douglas
18Glynn; and her two great-grandchildren, Cora and Tucker Myers;
19therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
22Carol Ann Glynn and extend our sincere condolences to her

 

 

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1family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
2further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Carol Glynn as an expression of our
5deepest sympathy.