Full Text of SR0905 100th 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 Ruth M. Weber of Bloomington, who passed | 4 | | away on September 8, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin to | 6 | | William and Marie Weber on August 7, 1937; she graduated from | 7 | | Lincoln High School in Manitowoc and received her bachelor's | 8 | | degree from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Weber moved to the Bloomington-Normal | 10 | | community, where she worked in sales, selling women's cosmetics | 11 | | to department stores and clients; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was active in Republican politics; she | 13 | | was a former president of the McLean County Lincoln Club and | 14 | | was elected a precinct committee woman in Normal for many | 15 | | years; she attended several national and state Republican | 16 | | Conventions; she was elected McLean County Recorder in 1992 and | 17 | | served for several terms, retiring in 2004; she served as | 18 | | president of the Friday Club where elected officials in McLean | 19 | | County government would meet over lunch to share ideas and | 20 | | discuss current events in county government; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was an avid Green Bay Packers fan all |
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| 1 | | of her life; she was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church | 2 | | in Bloomington, where she played the organ for mass and various | 3 | | events at the church; she showed and loved horses; she played | 4 | | the organ for many years at horse shows for county fairs and | 5 | | was a regular organist for horse shows at the Illinois State | 6 | | Fair; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Weber was patient, kind, and considerate to | 8 | | others; she was grateful to all who helped her in her later | 9 | | years, including her special friends, Ann Ripsom, Pat Pence, | 10 | | Irene and Dennis Bourgerie, and Dan Deneen and his family; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Ruth M. Weber, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her.
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