Full Text of SR1240 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 Linda Lou Lyman-Weiman, Ph.D. of Santa | 4 | | Fe, New Mexico, formerly of Peoria, who passed away on August | 5 | | 10, 2022; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman was born in Hutchinson, Kansas | 7 | | on March 29, 1941; she was the daughter of Burton and Doris; | 8 | | she received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Northwestern | 9 | | University in 1963; she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching | 10 | | in Secondary Education from Harvard University in 1964; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman taught high school English in | 12 | | the Boston, Massachusetts and Omaha, Nevada areas for several | 13 | | years; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman married John Gale in 1966, and | 15 | | they raised their family in Washington, D.C., Lincoln, | 16 | | Nebraska, and North Platte, Nebraska; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman obtained her doctoral degree | 18 | | in Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction from the | 19 | | University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1990; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman joined the faculty at Bradley |
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| 1 | | University in 1990; she began teaching at Illinois State | 2 | | University in Normal in 1999, where she remained until she | 3 | | retired as a professor emerita on December 31, 2017; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman authored and co-authored five | 5 | | academic books during her teaching career; after her | 6 | | retirement, she published a book of her poems; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman married Dave Weiman in Peoria | 8 | | in October 2001, where they lived until they moved to Santa Fe, | 9 | | New Mexico in December 2019; together, they loved visiting | 10 | | family, enjoying old friends and making new ones, traveling | 11 | | near and far, listening to music, hosting dinner parties, and | 12 | | listening to the birds and feeling the breeze while relaxing | 13 | | in their urban garden; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Linda Lyman-Weiman is survived by her husband of | 15 | | 21 years, Dave Weiman; her children, David (Kristine) Gale, | 16 | | Elaine Gale, and Steve (Chrissy) Gale; her grandchildren, | 17 | | Jack, Charles, Thomas, Tyler, Carter, and Jake; and her | 18 | | sister, Margo (Pat) Thompson; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Linda Lou Lyman-Weiman, Ph.D. and extend our sincere | 22 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Linda Lyman-Weiman as an expression | 4 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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