Full Text of SR1149 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 Harriet Wilson, who passed away on April | 4 | | 13, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson was born on September 20, 1922 in | 6 | | Darlaston, South Staffordshire, England; her parents were | 7 | | Henry and Annie May (nee Foster) Moreton; she married Stan | 8 | | Wilson on June 2, 1945 in Darlaston; she lived in Wonder Lake | 9 | | for 63 years and was a happy winter Snowbird in Sun City, | 10 | | Arizona; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson served in the Auxiliary | 12 | | Territorial Service in World War II from 1940 to 1945; she was | 13 | | one of the first women trained on the then-new radar detection | 14 | | system; while stationed on the southeast coast of England, she | 15 | | met her future husband; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, After she was demobilized from the Auxiliary | 17 | | Territorial Service, Harriet Wilson came to the United States | 18 | | on a Canadian War Bride ship in 1946; she and her husband moved | 19 | | to Chicago and stayed on the weekends at the Wonder Lake | 20 | | boarding house of Earl and Ruth Barnard across from the Mill | 21 | | Inn in Wonder Lake; they later bought their home in Wonder Lake | 22 | | and happily lived there for 63 years; during this time, she |
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| 1 | | helped her husband with the printing of the local Township | 2 | | News; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson was a Sunday school teacher at | 4 | | Nativity Lutheran Church, a room mother at Harrison School, and | 5 | | a Brownie and Girl Scout leader for many years; she also worked | 6 | | at the Admiral Corporation in McHenry and Science Research | 7 | | (SRA) in Lakemoor before retiring from Oak Industries in | 8 | | Crystal Lake; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson was a Lifetime Member of the | 10 | | Woodstock Women of the Moose Chapter 364 and a proud member and | 11 | | Recording Secretary of the McHenry American Legion Post #491; | 12 | | one of her favorite obligations as a member of the American | 13 | | Legion was to present the American Legion Awards each year at | 14 | | Harrison School; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson enjoyed knitting, sewing, and | 16 | | gardening; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson was preceded in death by her | 18 | | parents; her loving husband of 63 years, Stan; an infant son, | 19 | | Paul; a sister, May (the late William) Pitt; and 3 brothers, | 20 | | Harry, Eric, and George; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Harriet Wilson is survived by a daughter, Ruth |
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| 1 | | (the late Robert) Cepuder; grandchildren, Jennifer Thibault | 2 | | and Aaron (Jen) Cepuder, Sr.; her great-grandchildren, | 3 | | Samantha and Alyia Thibault, AJ (Aaron) Cepuder, Jr., and Cole | 4 | | and Zach Hedlund; sisters, Gladys (the late Tom) Dockery and | 5 | | Joan (the late Tom) Moseley; a brother, John (the late Dorothy) | 6 | | Moreton; a sister-in-law, Betty (the late George) Moreton; and | 7 | | like a sister, Ida Behling; she was also a very special 'long | 8 | | distance' great aunt to Valery (John) Russell, Jean (Sid) | 9 | | Martin, Peter (Julie) Moseley, Yvonne (John) Collins, | 10 | | Christopher (Jane) Moreton, Stephen (Sue) Moreton, and their | 11 | | families who reside in England; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 14 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Harriet Wilson; and be | 15 | | it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Harriet Wilson as an expression of | 18 | | our sympathy.
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