Full Text of SR0323 96th General Assembly
SR0323 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
Laura N. Peterson of Aurora, who passed | 4 |
| away on May 10, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Laura Peterson was born on October 29, 1948 in | 6 |
| Chicago; she married her high school sweetheart and best | 7 |
| friend, Lee M. Peterson, on August 16, 1969; and
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| WHEREAS, Laura Peterson was a graduate of Maine West High | 9 |
| School in Des Plaines; she attended Valparaiso University and | 10 |
| graduated from Northern Illinois University with a degree in | 11 |
| education; and
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| WHEREAS, Laura Peterson taught 4th and 5th grade for many | 13 |
| years in Naperville School District #203; she also served as a | 14 |
| Principal at Elmwood Elementary School and most recently at | 15 |
| River Woods Elementary School; she had a love of education and | 16 |
| always put the needs of her students first; and
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| WHEREAS, Laura Peterson loved traveling, playing golf, | 18 |
| reading, bike riding, playing bridge, gardening, and being a | 19 |
| member of PEO; she loved and cherished her time spent at her | 20 |
| country homes in Galena and Anna Maria Island, Florida with her | 21 |
| husband, Lee, and their family; she also dearly loved playing |
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| with and enjoying her loving grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, Laura Peterson was the beloved mother of Sandy | 3 |
| (Ron) Golminas and Julie (Jeff) Clifford; the adored "Grammy" | 4 |
| of Jack and Matthew Golminas and Wade and Megan Clifford; the | 5 |
| devoted daughter of Carol (nee Highfield) Nelson and the late | 6 |
| Clifford Nelson; the dear sister of Larry (Sue) Nelson, Mark | 7 |
| (Carolyne) Nelson, and Patty (Greg) Morin; the fond aunt of | 8 |
| Tim, Meredith, Annika, Kyle, Andy, and Diana; and the dear | 9 |
| sister-in-law of Judee Peterson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Laura N. Peterson; and | 13 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Laura Peterson as an expression of | 16 |
| our sympathy.
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