Full Text of SR1581 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 Bonnie Ruth Gudat of Chillicothe, who | 4 | | passed away on March 24, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Gudat was born to Milton and Ellen Homes | 6 | | Eastman on July 24, 1944; a lifelong reader and lover of | 7 | | learning, she studied many topics, including marine biology, | 8 | | teaching, cytology, and occupational therapy, all capped by a | 9 | | Master's Degree in Liberal Studies from Bradley University; she | 10 | | met Adam Gudat at the University of Illinois, and they married | 11 | | in Western Springs, Illinois in 1966; after their wedding, they | 12 | | moved west and settled in Los Angeles; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, During her working years in Los Angeles, Bonnie | 14 | | Gudat first taught junior high science in the Watts area; she | 15 | | then shifted to a cytology lab, where she studied microscopic | 16 | | cancer cells; she later found a calling caring for babies with | 17 | | medical needs and teaching a creative cooking class; in 1978, | 18 | | she and her husband moved back to Illinois and adopted three | 19 | | children; her work life then included transporting children | 20 | | with medical needs to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, | 21 | | serving at a special needs school in Peoria, working in | 22 | | occupational therapy, painting elaborate designs on pumpkins | 23 | | at Tanner's Orchard, and overseeing the greenhouses and |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Gudat was a member of the Universalist | 3 | | Unitarian Church, where she planted the garden and displayed | 4 | | her orchids on the altar; she was involved in many | 5 | | organizations in Peoria, including the Garden Club, the Herb | 6 | | Guild, the Accordion Club, the OLLI Recorder Ensemble, and the | 7 | | German-American Society; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Gudat was an avid gardener, inspired cook, | 9 | | and a music maker; she had an affinity for water and felt at | 10 | | home swimming and snorkeling in far away oceans and seas during | 11 | | her global travels with Adam; in recent years, she continued to | 12 | | enjoy swimming and water exercise with her friends; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Gudat was the wife of Adam, the mother of | 14 | | Patrick, Marilyne, and Donald, the grandmother of four, the | 15 | | step-grandmother of four, and the step-great-grandmother of | 16 | | one; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Bonnie Ruth Gudat and extend our sincere condolences to her | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Bonnie Gudat as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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