Full Text of SR0591 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION | 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Elaine "Blondie" Kirk, who passed away | 4 | | on April 17, 2023 at the age of 97; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was the youngest of seven children, | 6 | | born in Princeton on October 1, 1925; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was raised on a farm during The Great | 8 | | Depression, attending Knox College in Galesburg; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk met her future husband, Harold Kirk, | 10 | | on a blind date after graduating; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk and Harold moved from Princeton to | 12 | | River Forest after marrying; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk served on the Women's Auxiliary of | 14 | | West Suburban Hospital and with the Infant Welfare Society of | 15 | | Oak Park-River Forest; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was involved with the First | 17 | | Presbyterian Church of River Forest as an elder; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk also served on the Planning and |
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| 1 | | Development Board of River Forest for many years; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, In honor of her service to the community, the 600 | 3 | | block of Keystone Avenue was dedicated to her as Elaine | 4 | | "Blondie" Kirk Way; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk loved the outdoors and spent many | 6 | | weeks during the year hunting in North Dakota and fishing in | 7 | | Canada with her husband; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was preceded in death by her husband, | 9 | | Harold; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Elaine is survived by her four children, Scott | 11 | | (Jean), Todd (Jane), Kent (Denise), and Ann Williams (Doug), | 12 | | and 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; therefore, be | 13 | | it | 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Elaine "Blondie" Kirk and extend our sincere condolences to | 17 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Elaine Kirk as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy. |
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