Full Text of SR1366 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 Page Johnson Parkhill of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on January 11, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Page Parkhill was born in Champaign to Dr. William | 6 | | S. and Charlotte Keck Johnson on September 25, 1956; she | 7 | | attended Champaign schools, including South Side, Edison, and | 8 | | Central High School, where she was a state finalist in | 9 | | extemporaneous speech and graduated as one of the | 10 | | valedictorians of her class in 1974; she attended Duke | 11 | | University from 1974 until 1976, where she was a member of the | 12 | | varsity debate team; she then transferred to the University of | 13 | | Illinois and graduated with high honors with a Bachelor of | 14 | | Science in Finance in 1978; she married John Parkhill on March | 15 | | 31, 1979; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Page Parkhill was a member of many organizations | 17 | | including her college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and the | 18 | | Junior Leagues of Houston, St. Louis, and Champaign-Urbana; she | 19 | | served as a member of the Board of Directors at BankChampaign | 20 | | for over 20 years; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Page Parkhill co-founded with her brothers and Dr. | 22 | | Michael S. Goldwasser the William S. Johnson Fund in 1994 as a |
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| 1 | | way of honoring her father; through the fund, Dr. Goldwasser | 2 | | led medical missions and provided free surgeries for cleft lip | 3 | | and palate deformities to children in underdeveloped | 4 | | countries; she traveled with Dr. Goldwasser and his surgical | 5 | | teams to the Philippines, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and | 6 | | Honduras; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Most recently, Page Parkhill, along with her | 8 | | closest friends, organized an effort called Page's ALS | 9 | | Challenge (PALS) to raise funds to benefit other ALS patients | 10 | | in the Champaign-Urbana area; she was honored for her | 11 | | fundraising efforts and her advocacy for PALS with the Iron | 12 | | Horse award, the highest level of recognition from the ALS | 13 | | Association of Greater Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Page Parkhill was a lifelong member of Emmanuel | 15 | | Memorial Episcopal Church, where she was baptized, confirmed | 16 | | and married; she served two terms on the vestry and twice as a | 17 | | rector's warden; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Page Parkhill was preceded in death by her | 19 | | parents; her paternal grandparents, Leo and Henrietta Johnson; | 20 | | and her maternal grandparents, Charles and Edith Keck; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Page Parkhill is survived by her husband, John; | 22 | | her children, Whitney and Clayton (Stephanie); her brothers, |
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| 1 | | William L. Johnson (Peggy) and David L. Johnson (Teresa); and | 2 | | her nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Page Johnson Parkhill and extend our sincere condolences to her | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Page Parkhill as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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