Full Text of SR0108 101st 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 Judith A. Lamping Jolie, who passed away | 4 | | on November 20, 2018 at the age of 76; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie was born on September 13, 1942; she | 6 | | graduated from St. Scholastica High School in Chicago in 1960; | 7 | | in 1964, she graduated from Rosary College in River Forest; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie served with the international | 9 | | humanitarian agency Catholic Relief Services in South America; | 10 | | she then returned to Oak Park, where she worked as a preschool | 11 | | and kindergarten teacher at Pilgrim Nursery School and on | 12 | | Chicago's West Side for over 30 years; she loved to read Stone | 13 | | Soup and Make Way for Ducklings to children and was known as a | 14 | | "baby whisperer" whose smile and wit could light up any room; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie and her husband, Thomas, lived in the | 17 | | same house in Oak Park for over 50 years; she made friends feel | 18 | | like family, organized block parties that made Christmas the | 19 | | "second-best day of the year," hosted well-stocked water | 20 | | balloon fights, and knew every kid's nickname; she spread joy | 21 | | through her endless conversations with passersby; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie was friends with three generations of | 2 | | Oak Park neighbors, who recall her commitment to social justice | 3 | | and educational equality; she was an intuitive cook and shared | 4 | | her love of tradition by making Christmas Eve cream of mushroom | 5 | | and French onion soup in Nonny's pot; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie was the wife of Thomas, the mother of | 7 | | Sarah, Charles (Liz Keating), and Angela (Daniel Morillo) | 8 | | Jolie, the grandmother of Sarah, Kate, and Grace Jolie and | 9 | | Sofia and Joaquin Morillo, the special grandma of Elanor and | 10 | | Otto Huber, the sister of Barbara and Mary Jo Lamping, Betsy | 11 | | (the late James) Sklena, and her late twin brother, James | 12 | | Lamping, and the cousin, aunt, and great-aunt of many; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Judith A. Lamping Jolie and extend our sincere condolences to | 17 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Judith Jolie as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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