Full Text of SR0069 99th 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 Ann Hughes-Johnson of Waukegan, who | 4 | | passed away on January 5, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hughes-Johnson was born on July 23, 1925 in | 6 | | Charleston, West Virginia; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hughes-Johnson graduated from Seminole High | 8 | | School in Sanford, Florida in 1943; she subsequently earned her | 9 | | Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Stetson University | 10 | | in 1949, her Master of Education degree (cum laude) from the | 11 | | National College of Education at National Louis University in | 12 | | 1964, and 62 hours towards her Ph.D. in math at Northwestern | 13 | | University; she was elected to the honorary Gamma Sigma Epsilon | 14 | | Chemistry Fraternity while at Stetson and to the Pi Lambda | 15 | | Theta honorary education fraternity while at Northwestern; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hughes-Johnson retired in 1985 from an | 17 | | education career that spanned over 25 years; she taught at | 18 | | Commonwealth School (now Novak-King) in North Chicago, Beach | 19 | | Park Elementary School, and Waukegan High School; she also was | 20 | | a chemist at Abbott Laboratories for a year before going into | 21 | | teaching; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hughes-Johnson was an involved member of the | 2 | | First Presbyterian Church of Waukegan, where she was an elder, | 3 | | deacon, singer in the Westminster Choir, and Sunday School | 4 | | teacher; she was also very involved in the Trinity Evangelical | 5 | | Lutheran Church of Waukegan, where she sang in the choir and | 6 | | served on the Church Council and Women's Circle; she was also a | 7 | | member of numerous civic organizations, including the Exchange | 8 | | Club, the American Association of University Women, the | 9 | | Waukegan Township Supervisor's office, the Philanthropic | 10 | | Educational Organization, the Women's Club, the Girl Scouts of | 11 | | America, the Waukegan Swedish Glee Club, the Waukegan Symphony | 12 | | Chorus, and many other bridge, golf, and community | 13 | | organizations; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hughes-Johnson was preceded in death by her | 15 | | loving husband of 52 years, Judge John L. Hughes, and her | 16 | | brother, Al Stine; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ann Hughes-Johnson is survived by her loving | 18 | | husband of 18 years, Ralph Vincent Johnson; 4 children, Michael | 19 | | (Connie) Hughes, David (Marilyn) Hughes, Steven (Mary) Hughes, | 20 | | and Patricia Hughes; 3 step-children, Lynette (John) Carlson, | 21 | | Doug (Kathleen) Johnson, and Cindy (Tim Kasper); 11 | 22 | | grandchildren; 3 1/2 great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, | 23 | | Liz Stine; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 3 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Ann Hughes-Johnson; | 4 | | and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Ann Hughes-Johnson as an expression | 7 | | of our sympathy.
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