Full Text of SR1684 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 Susan Lois Howarth Eastman of Alton, who | 4 | | passed away on March 13, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Susan Eastman was born in Harvey to former | 6 | | Springfield Mayor Nelson O. Howarth and Mary W. Howarth on | 7 | | March 22, 1936; she grew up in Springfield; she graduated from | 8 | | Springfield High School in 1953 and earned a Bachelor of | 9 | | Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in | 10 | | 1957, where she sang in the women's glee club, was elected to | 11 | | honor councils, served on more than a dozen campus boards and | 12 | | committees, and was Vice-President of Kappa Kappa Gamma | 13 | | sorority; after beginning a family, she went back to school, | 14 | | earning a Master of Arts in History from Southern Illinois | 15 | | University Edwardsville in 1984 and a Master of Arts in English | 16 | | from SIUE in 1992; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Susan Eastman was a highly respected and much | 18 | | beloved member of Alton Community Unit School District No. 11, | 19 | | where she taught high school history and English for 25 years; | 20 | | she was a knowledgeable local historian with an ardent interest | 21 | | in the Mississippi River; she authored "River Bend, An Area | 22 | | that Knows No Panics" (1981) and "Federal Promotion of | 23 | | Commercial Barging on the Inland Waterways: 1920-1940" (1984); |
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| 1 | | she served as a river historian and correspondent-at-large for | 2 | | "The Waterways Journal", a weekly publication for the inland | 3 | | waterway transportation industry, whose Annual Review she | 4 | | wrote for many years; she was a member of the Alton Museum of | 5 | | History and Art in the 1970s; she organized and supervised the | 6 | | establishment of the River Room, and for many years she | 7 | | maintained exhibits for the museum at Melvin Price Locks & Dam | 8 | | No. 26; her enthusiasm for the river led her to memberships in | 9 | | the Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen and the Upper | 10 | | Mississippi River Buffs; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Susan Eastman was an active community volunteer in | 12 | | Alton for many decades; she led the application of the Alton | 13 | | Junior Service League to become the Junior League of Greater | 14 | | Alton, and as a member of the JLGA, she helped to initiate and | 15 | | develop the Sam Vadalabene Great River Road Bike Trail; she | 16 | | received the JLGA's Thayer Award for outstanding service to the | 17 | | league and the community; she was also a member of the women's | 18 | | philanthropic organization P.E.O.; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Susan Eastman volunteered with the Boy Scouts of | 20 | | America, athletics, and classroom settings; she was a tireless | 21 | | social hostess and admirable craftsperson and was well-known | 22 | | for her Christmas ornaments and decorations made from pinecones | 23 | | and other natural materials; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Susan Eastman was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents; her parents-in-law, Charles Dana Eastman Sr. and | 3 | | Virginia Corbett Eastman; and her sister, Mary Jo Howarth | 4 | | Noonan; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Susan Eastman is survived by her husband, Charles | 6 | | Dana Eastman, Jr.; her daughter, Marynell Eastman; her sons, | 7 | | Charles Dana (Michele) Eastman III and David William Eastman | 8 | | (Michelle Mallo); her sister-in-law, Nina Eastman Fay and her | 9 | | family; her brothers, William Howarth and David Howarth; and | 10 | | her sister Lydia Howarth; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Susan Lois Howarth Eastman, and extend our sincere condolences | 14 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 15 | | it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Susan Eastman as an expression of | 18 | | our deepest sympathy.
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