Full Text of SR1493 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 Judith "Jude" Garrett, who passed away on | 4 | | February 23, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jude Garrett was born in Manjimup, Western | 6 | | Australia to James and Mary Unsworth on April 9, 1932; the | 7 | | Unsworth family was greatly affected by World War II; her | 8 | | father became a Japanese prisoner of war and survived years of | 9 | | torture and neglect only to die shortly after returning home; | 10 | | after the war, she served in the Australian Citizen Military | 11 | | Forces Nursing Core, where she earned the rank of sergeant; she | 12 | | left Australia on a tour around the world in 1956; while in | 13 | | Vancouver BC, she met Robert (Bob) Garrett, and they married on | 14 | | July 6, 1957; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jude Garrett moved to Chicago to begin her life in | 16 | | the United States with her husband's family while he finished | 17 | | his tour in the Navy; In 1966, she, her husband, and their | 18 | | three children then lived in Australia with the extended | 19 | | Unsworth family; in 1972, they returned to the United States | 20 | | and established their home in Mt. Prospect; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jude Garrett worked for AM Multigraphics and then | 22 | | for Bang and Olufsen of America; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2008, Jude Garrett was honored with the | 2 | | Australian Defense Medal in recognition of her service; she was | 3 | | a member of St. Emily's Catholic Church; she enjoyed reading, | 4 | | writing letters, knitting, and crocheting; she went through | 5 | | hundreds of skeins of yarn and produced many heirloom pieces | 6 | | for her family; she was hardworking, diligent, ruggedly | 7 | | independent, and patient; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jude Garrett was preceded in death by her husband, | 9 | | Robert; her infant child, Mary; her son-in-law, Timothy | 10 | | Cunningham; her parents; and her brothers, James and Peter | 11 | | Unsworth; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jude Garrett is survived by her children, Matthew | 13 | | (Becky) Garrett, Loreen (Jeff) Letzter, and Lynette Garrett; | 14 | | her grandchildren, Kaley (Joe), Tony (Angela), Jenna | 15 | | (Michael), Robert, Andy, Claire (Tony), Gabrielle (Jonathan), | 16 | | Kelsey, and Brian; and her great-grandchildren, Elise, Ava, and | 17 | | Bentley; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Judith "Jude" Garrett and extend our sincere condolences to her | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Jude Garrett as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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