Full Text of SR0179 99th 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 Dorothy A. (nee Hammel) Yellen, who | 4 | | passed away on January 31, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on | 6 | | April 17, 1924 to Elise and Harry Hammel; she attended the | 7 | | University of Wisconsin; during World War II, she worked as a | 8 | | nurse's aide at a veteran's hospital in the Hyde Park | 9 | | neighborhood; she married Morris Yellen on July 7, 1945; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen worked as a salesperson of men's | 11 | | clothing at several Waukegan stores; she also helped take the | 12 | | United States Census every 10 years; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen was an avid sports fan and enjoyed | 14 | | watching baseball, golf, football, tennis, basketball, and | 15 | | most of all, college basketball; she enjoyed cooking, bridge, | 16 | | mahjong, and the many family dogs that were a lifelong presence | 17 | | in her home; she cherished her close friends from Kenosha, | 18 | | Waukegan, and most recently at Kensington Court in Downers | 19 | | Grove; she was active in the Hadassah and Sisterhood at Temple | 20 | | Am Echod in Waukegan; she was lovingly known to her family as | 21 | | "Grandma Doll", or simply "Doll"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen was preceded in death by her | 2 | | husband of 68 years, Morris; her parents; and her brother, | 3 | | Philip; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen is survived by her children, Marlo | 5 | | (Larry) Beeman, Jeffrey (John Yallech) Yellen, Larry (Susan) | 6 | | Yellen, Harlene (William) Murry, and Julie (Steve) Arshop; she | 7 | | was the adoring grandmother of David Beeman, Maggie | 8 | | Fisher-Yellen, Elise and Emma Murry, and Sammy Arshop; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Dorothy A. Yellen, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Dorothy Yellen as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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