Full Text of HR0947 97th General Assembly
HR0947 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Janet | 4 | | Riess Brook of Antioch, who passed away on April 13, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born January 12, 1918 in Oak Park, the | 6 | | daughter of the late Harry John and Alice Irene (Lowrey) Riess; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, She was an avid, lifelong Chicago Bears fan and | 9 | | enjoyed playing bridge and gardening; her family had a summer | 10 | | home on Channel Lake since 1911; she was a member of the Lakes | 11 | | Region Historical Society, a volunteer for the American Cancer | 12 | | Society, and past president of the Antioch Woman's Club; and | 13 | | she adored the color red; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, She graduated from Beloit College in 1939 where | 15 | | she earned a BA in Geology, and was affiliated with Delta Delta | 16 | | Delta Sorority; she also met her future husband while attending | 17 | | Beloit College; from 1939 through 1941, she worked as a store | 18 | | tour guide for Marshall Fields department store; on May 24, | 19 | | 1941 she married William E. Brook in River Forest; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her | 21 | | parents; her daughter, Suraya Brook; and her brother, Morton |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Janet Brook is survived by her daughter, Ainsley | 3 | | (Robert) Wonderling; her sister, Donna Abt; her nieces, | 4 | | Christine Abt, Karen (David) Clarbour, and Julie (Nick | 5 | | DeLeeuw); her nephews, David Abt and Bill (Colleen Downey) | 6 | | Riess; and her sister-in-law, Bobbie Riess; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 10 | | Janet Brook; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Janet Brook as a symbol of our | 13 | | sincere sympathy.
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