Full Text of SR1197 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 Laurel Susan Bault of Elgin, who | 4 | | passed away on May 17, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was born to Lloyd James and Mae | 6 | | (Hall) McKenzie in Champaign on December 13, 1957; she was | 7 | | raised in Ottawa and attended Northern Illinois University; | 8 | | she married Kyle Bault on September 12, 1981; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was employed by Elgin District U-46 | 10 | | as a parent liaison for Garfield Elementary School and as an | 11 | | AVID (Advanced via Individual Determination) coordinator at | 12 | | Tefft Middle School; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault made countless contributions to the | 14 | | Elgin community; she volunteered for American Little League, | 15 | | as a Girl Scout leader, and as an organizer for the annual | 16 | | Elgin CROP Walk; she served on the Citizen's Advisory Council | 17 | | for Elgin District U-46 and on the board of DuPage United and | 18 | | Fox River Valley Initiative, supporting a low income, | 19 | | affordable housing project in Elgin (the 1212 Larkin Project); | 20 | | she was education chairman for the Elgin Area of League of | 21 | | Women Voters; she ran for public office in 2006 and continued | 22 | | to support several campaigns throughout her lifetime; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault received the Marjorie Leonard Award | 2 | | for Community Service from the YMCA of Elgin in 2004; she was | 3 | | passionate about fighting for the rights of the underserved | 4 | | and overlooked in her community; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was deeply committed to her faith | 6 | | and an active member of Cornerstone United Methodist Church in | 7 | | Elgin, where she was instrumental as a founding board member | 8 | | and treasurer of Into Kenya, a mission serving the Irechelo | 9 | | Village of Kenya; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was a passionate Chicago Cubs fan; | 11 | | her lifelong joy was realized on November 2, 2016, when the | 12 | | Cubs finally clinched the World Series Championship; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was preceded in death by her parents | 14 | | and her twin sister, Mary Elizabeth McKenzie; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, At the time of her passing, Laurel Bault was | 16 | | survived by her husband, Kyle; her children, Jason (Amanda | 17 | | Pinkston) Bault and Erin (Silas) Haltom; her sisters, | 18 | | Catherine (David) Eichelkraut, Margaret Johnson, and Ellen | 19 | | (Jack) Cress; her sister-in-law, Melissa (Marshall) Sayad; and | 20 | | her nieces and nephews, Blake (Jaime) Eichelkraut, Emily | 21 | | Eichelkraut, Sarah Clark (Johnson), and Scott Cress; |
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| 1 | | therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Laurel Susan Bault and extend our sincere condolences to her | 5 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 8 | | presented to the family of Laurel Bault as an expression of
our | 9 | | deepest sympathy.
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