Full Text of HR0329 100th 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 Palmalea | 4 | | Rennie "Pam" Taylor, who passed away on March 13, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor was born in Canton to Roy and | 6 | | Mildred Rennie in January of 1927; she graduated from Peoria | 7 | | Central High School and Northwestern University; she received | 8 | | her degree in nursing
from Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's School | 9 | | of Nursing in Chicago; she married
Alan M. Taylor M.D. on | 10 | | December 24, 1951; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor was an operating room
head nurse | 12 | | and supervisor at St. Luke's from 1948 to 1953; she worked for | 13 | | many years in the field of medicine, first as a nurse, then | 14 | | helping in her husband's
practice; she became the Executive | 15 | | Director of the Lake View Memorial Hospital
Foundation in 1978 | 16 | | and served until 1990; she was appointed chairman of the | 17 | | Illinois Health Facilities Planning
Board in 1979 and worked on | 18 | | the board until 2002; one of her proudest accomplishments was | 19 | | working with the Lakeview College of Nursing and founding the
| 20 | | Lakeview College of Nursing President's Council; she received | 21 | | an honorary nursing degree from the Lakeview College of Nursing | 22 | | in 1992; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor was a
member of the Lt. Governor's | 2 | | Council on Rural Health Care from 1988 to 2002, the Vermilion | 3 | | County Public
Health Department Board from 1980 to 2001, the | 4 | | Vermilion Area Community Health Clinic Free Clinic, the | 5 | | Illinois
State Medical Society, and the Vermilion County | 6 | | Medical Society Auxiliary; she was instrumental in
bringing | 7 | | Aunt Martha's Healthcare Clinic to Danville and served on their | 8 | | board of directors for many
years; she was active with St. | 9 | | Elizabeth Hospital, the Lakeview Medical Center, and the | 10 | | Vermilion County Nursing Home; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor donated her time to the YWCA and | 12 | | the Girl Scouts; she served as a 4-H Leader and a Red Cross | 13 | | instructor and volunteer; she was on the Salvation Army Board | 14 | | of Directors and served as United Fund Area chairman; she also | 15 | | served on the Danville Library Foundation; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor received many awards for her work, | 17 | | including the Lifetime Achievement Award
for Excellence in | 18 | | Governmental Affairs and Legislation 1960-2007 from the | 19 | | Illinois State Medical Society; she was nominated for the 1999 | 20 | | Belle Chenault Award for Political Participation; she was | 21 | | recognized as a charter
member of the Danville Symphony Guild; | 22 | | and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor also volunteered at Kennekuk |
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| 1 | | Cove, the Arts in the Park, the Palmer Center, the Balloon | 2 | | Festival,
and at her church, Frist Presbyterian Church of | 3 | | Danville; she was a member of Chapter KE PEO,
the Clover Club, | 4 | | and the Danville Country Club; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor enjoyed swimming, driving, golf, | 6 | | stitchery, and reading; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor was preceded in death by her | 8 | | parents and her husband, Alan; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Palmalea Taylor is survived by her children, | 10 | | Elizabeth Taylor, Leslie Phillips, Sarah (Paul) Knobloch, and | 11 | | Alan (Marijane) Taylor II M.D.; her grandchildren, Alan | 12 | | (Brenna) Knobloch, Alex Knobloch, Trysten (Ryan) Jones, and | 13 | | Alan Taylor III; and her great-grandchildren, Caiden, Callen, | 14 | | and Charlotte Knobloch; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | mourn the passing of Palmalea Rennie "Pam" Taylor, and extend | 18 | | our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who | 19 | | knew and loved her; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Palmalea Taylor as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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