Full Text of SR0963 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Olive Mobed, who passed away on May | 4 | | 17, 2021 at the age of 96; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed and her twin brother were born in | 6 | | Coventry, England on December 24, 1924; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, After the Second World War, Olive Mobed graduated | 8 | | from nursing school and then specialized in both eye care and | 9 | | midwifery; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed started her nursing career in | 11 | | Birmingham, London and soon moved to Iran to teach midwifery | 12 | | as a member of the World Health Organization; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In Iran, Olive Mobed met and married her husband, | 14 | | Jehangir (John) Mobed; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed and her husband moved to the United | 16 | | States in 1963, where she worked as a nurse in the obstetrics | 17 | | departments of hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, Washington | 18 | | D.C., and Jacksonville, Florida, before settling in River | 19 | | Forest in 1969; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed continued her career as a nurse at | 2 | | West Suburban Hospital until her retirement in 1986 and | 3 | | continued to serve as a volunteer for 20 years; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, As an adventurous traveler, Olive Mobed toured | 5 | | much of Europe as well as more exotic locales, including Egypt | 6 | | and Nepal; in addition to experiencing new cultures, she was | 7 | | an avid reader, tennis player, and pianist; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, As an active member of the community, Olive Mobed | 9 | | contributed to a local charity group that supported the | 10 | | British Home and was a member of the Berean Bible Students | 11 | | Church in Lombard and later First Presbyterian Church of River | 12 | | Forest; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed is survived by her three children, | 14 | | Parvine MacDonald and her husband, Mark, Sue Arends and her | 15 | | husband, Dan, and Jim Mobed and his wife, Henrike; her eight | 16 | | grandchildren; and one great-grandson; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Olive Mobed and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 20 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Olive Mobed as an expression of our | 2 | | deepest sympathy.
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