Full Text of SR0209 96th General Assembly
SR0209 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Helen Rachael Reed of Zion, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 17, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born October 31, 1919, in Champaign, to | 6 |
| James and Kathryn McWilliams; she graduated from Mattoon High | 7 |
| School in 1937; and
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| WHEREAS, Following many years as a housewife and mother, | 9 |
| Helen was employed for 18 years as an x-ray therapist and as | 10 |
| supervisor of the E.E.G. department at Victory Memorial | 11 |
| Hospital in Waukegan before retiring in 1980;
Helen was an | 12 |
| active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Waukegan for | 13 |
| many years, serving as an ordained Deacon, an officer in the | 14 |
| Women's Association, ladies bible study, and sewing group; and
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| WHEREAS, Her personal talents included being an excellent | 16 |
| cook and an accomplished seamstress; relationships were a | 17 |
| particular passion, and Helen savored her roles as wife, | 18 |
| mother, grandmother, and friend to many; and
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| WHEREAS, She was married to William J. Walter for 43 years, | 20 |
| who preceded her in 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, Helen Reed is survived by her husband of 21 years, | 2 |
| Milton Omer Reed; her daughter, Carol (Michael) Magden; her | 3 |
| sons, Gordon (Heidi) Walter and Gregg (Kathy) Walter; her | 4 |
| step-son, John (Sandy) Reed; her five grandchildren and five | 5 |
| great-grandchildren; and her two brothers, Raymond (Jean) | 6 |
| McWilliams and Glenn (LuElla) McWilliams; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Helen Reed; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Helen Reed as a symbol of our | 13 |
| sincere sympathy.
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