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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Lillian Marshall Burris of Milford,
4Delaware, who passed away on April 8, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was born in 1919 in Lewes, Delaware
6to Joseph L. and Sue Watts Marshall; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris graduated from Lewes High School in
81937 and the University of Delaware in 1941; she subsequently
9taught at Caesar Rodney School for one year until the outbreak
10of World War II, when she married John E. "Jack" Burris; after
11the war, the couple settled in Milford, Delaware; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was a stay at home mother who
13dedicated herself to raising her 4 children and participating
14in numerous community activities; she served on the Delmarva
15Boy Scouts Advisory Board and the Girl Scouts Advisory Boards
16and was a member of the Parent-Teachers Association; she served
17as Chairperson of the Delaware Federation of Women's Clubs
18Field Service project and as Education Chairperson for the
19Milford New Century Club, where she administered the Club's
20Hirsch Fund for disadvantaged people for 20 years; she was a
21member of the Board of Kent-Sussex County's Mancus Foundation
22for Handicapped Persons and a charter member of the Milford

 

 

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1Housing Corporation; she was a Trustee of Wesley College and a
2member of the University of Delaware Alumni Board; she was a
3member of the Milford Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and a Booth
4Chairperson with her husband, where her family and employees of
5Burris Foods cooked chicken barbecue dinners at the annual
6Milford Hospital Fair for over 30 years; she was also a trustee
7of the Children's Beach House Board for 50 years; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris and her husband were chosen as
9"Citizen of the Year" twice by the Milford Chamber of Commerce
10and received the United Way's Alexis de Tocqueville Society
11Award; she received the distinguished honor of Delaware's
12Mother of the Year in 1992 and the "Outstanding Alumnae of the
13Year" award from the University of Delaware in 1997; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was an active member of Avenue
15United Methodist Church in Milford, Delaware for many years;
16she taught Sunday school for 18 years and served as a member of
17the Administrative Board, President of the United Methodist
18Women's Society, Parsonage Committee Co-Chair, and Council of
19Ministries Counselor with Youth Fellowship; she was also active
20in the United Methodist Women's Circle; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris enjoyed sandbars on Lewes Beach in
22the summer, football games at the University of Delaware in the
23fall, the extremely cold and windy days of winter in Delaware,

 

 

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1cooking, and spending time with her family and friends; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris was preceded in death by her
3parents; her husband, John E. "Jack" Burris; her son, Robert D.
4Burris; and her sister, Sue Preston Dean; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Lillian Burris is survived by her daughter, Lilla
6(Bob) Hoopman; a daughter-in-law, Susan Burris; sons, John
7(Cathy) Burris and Howard (Debbie) Burris; a brother, T.
8Rowland (Marian) Marshall; a sister, Mother Virginia Marshall;
915 grandchildren, including Sarah Burris Lauzen, who is married
10to United States Marine Corps Captain Theodore Lauzen, who is
11the son of retired Illinois State Senator Chris Lauzen; 30
12great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews;
13therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
16family and friends, mourn the passing of Lillian Marshall
17Burris; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to the family of Lillian Burris as an expression of
20our sympathy.