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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mary Ann
4"Bunny" Thelen of Spring Grove, who passed away on January 27,
52013; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thelen was born on Easter Sunday to Jake
7and Tillie Stoffel; she was married to the late Vern Thelen for
8nearly 55 years; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thelen graduated from McHenry High School
10in 1948; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thelen was the founder of the Vern and
12Bunny Thelen Family Foundation; her love of children and her
13community inspired her to create the Thelen Family Park in
14Spring Grove; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thelen was a member of the McHenry
16Country Club, the Spring Valley Country Club, the Country Creek
17Country Club, the Antioch Ladies Club, the Red Hat Society of
18Estero, Florida, and the Women's Club of St Peter's in Spring
19Grove; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thelen was a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow

 

 

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1and was involved in the Rotary Anns; she was a co-founder of
2Lake County's Chain O' Lakes 4-H club; she operated the
3Share-the-Fun Program for the 4-H Club for many years and was
4able to bring the program to the Illinois State Fair; she also
5helped organize the Lake County Fair Horse Show for many years
6and was the operator of the Little Orchard Farm's Horse Show in
7Antioch; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Mary Ann Thelen was an avid traveler and served as
9activity director of the ForeTravel club; she visited all 50
10states and more than 50 countries; she also wintered in Estero,
11Florida for over 20 years; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
15Mary Ann "Bunny" Thelen; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17presented to the family of Mary Ann Thelen as an expression of
18our sympathy.