Full Text of SR0860 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Betsy Ann M. (nee Meerschaut) Foxwell of | 4 | | Park Ridge, who passed away on January 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Betsy Ann Foxwell was a native of Chicago and | 6 | | attended Lake Forest College, where she was a member of Alpha | 7 | | Xi Delta Sorority; she graduated from the University of | 8 | | Wisconsin-Madison; she married Warren R. Foxwell; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Betsy Ann Foxwell taught 8th grade in Chicago | 10 | | Public Schools for over 37 years, including nearly 2 decades at | 11 | | DeWitt Clinton School on the North Side; she received the Kate | 12 | | Maremont Foundation Dedicated Teachers Award; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, After retirement, Betsy Ann Foxwell started her | 14 | | own educational not-for-profit program, Chicago Area Problem | 15 | | Solving (CAPS), providing critical thinking curriculum for | 16 | | elementary and high school classrooms; she also worked with the | 17 | | Decatur Classical School's history fair team and with the | 18 | | Chicago Metro History Fair; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Betsy Ann Foxwell helped to found the | 20 | | Kalo Foundation and served as President; under her leadership, | 21 | | the Kalo Foundation has hosted programs and special events to |
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| 1 | | celebrate local art history; in 2011, the Foundation purchased | 2 | | the Alfonso Iannelli home and studios, now a Park Ridge | 3 | | landmark, and heritage center where the city's art legacy can | 4 | | be shared; the project earned a Governor's Home Town Award for | 5 | | 2011; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Betsy Ann Foxwell was a member of the Twentieth | 7 | | Century Club and its foundation, scholarship chairman for the | 8 | | Park Ridge Panhellenic Club, and she worked with fundraisers | 9 | | for projects ranging from the Northwestern University | 10 | | Settlement, Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care to the Park | 11 | | Ridge Youth Campus, where she helped with their annual designer | 12 | | showcase home tours; she was also part of the Maine Center | 13 | | Auxiliary's Christmas House Tour committee for many years and | 14 | | she was secretary for the Brickton Art Center; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Betsy Ann Foxwell belonged to the Park Ridge | 16 | | Jaycee Women's Club, serving as President from 1975-1976, | 17 | | during which time the club won "Outstanding Chapter" for the | 18 | | State of Illinois; from 2009 to 2011, she served as member of | 19 | | the Park Ridge City Centennial Committee, and in 2010, she was | 20 | | named a Park Ridge Community Star by the Park Ridge Chamber of | 21 | | Commerce; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Betsy Ann Foxwell is survived by her husband, | 23 | | Warren; her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Leo G. and |
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| 1 | | Elizabeth Foxwell; and by nieces, nephews, cousins, | 2 | | godchildren, and many friends; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Betsy Ann M. Foxwell, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Betsy Ann Foxwell as an expression | 10 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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