Full Text of SR0242 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 V. Jane Thrush of Peoria, who passed away | 4 | | on March 17, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jane Thrush was born in rural Walnut Grove on | 6 | | February 22, 1936 to Calvin and Dorothy (nee Ramer) Wilson, and | 7 | | soon thereafter, her family settled in Roseville; she attended | 8 | | Roseville elementary and high schools before earning her degree | 9 | | in nursing at the Methodist School of Nursing; she also earned | 10 | | a bachelor's degree in nursing from the College of Saint | 11 | | Francis in Joliet; she met her future husband, James Everett | 12 | | Thrush when they were toddlers, and 20 years later on August 4, | 13 | | 1957, they married; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jane Thrush worked as a pediatric nurse in the | 15 | | office of Dr. Callaway before joining the staff at the American | 16 | | Red Cross; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jane Thrush took art classes after retiring, | 18 | | producing a series of wonderful flower paintings; she also | 19 | | knitted blankets for her grandkids and loved her geraniums; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jane Thrush was preceded in death by her husband, | 21 | | James and her parents; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jane Thrush is survived by 3 sisters, Barb Wilson, | 2 | | Connie Larkin, and Jean Taylor; her daughters, Kimberly Sue | 3 | | (Brian "Fox" Ellis) Thrush and Jill Ann (Robert) Pegg; her 4 | 4 | | grandchildren, Ryan Thrush, Anthony Pegg, Lily Ellis, and | 5 | | Laurel Ellis; many nieces and nephews; and her lifelong best | 6 | | friend, Skip Smith; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | V. Jane Thrush, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Jane Thrush as an expression of our | 14 | | deepest sympathy.
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