Full Text of SR0337 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 Jean Mary Glarner Ellzey, who passed | 4 | | away on October 5, 2020 at the age of 93; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey was born on August 2, 1927 in St. | 6 | | Paul, Minnesota to Doris Harrison Glarner and Milo Jacob | 7 | | Glarner; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey was raised in Texas and graduated | 9 | | from Southern Methodist University in 1948; shortly afterward, | 10 | | she became a children's music teacher; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey married Charles Homer Ellzey in 1949; | 12 | | together, they had three children, Doris Jean, Christine, and | 13 | | David Charles; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey relocated to Naperville with her | 15 | | family in 1971; she earned a graduate degree in counseling | 16 | | psychology at George Williams College; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey worked as a teacher and counselor at | 18 | | Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills and DuPage | 19 | | Community College in Glen Ellyn for fifteen years; one of her | 20 | | favorite courses to teach was titled Women in Transition; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey was a helper and a social justice | 2 | | advocate; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey moved to Oak Park in 2000; she became | 4 | | a member of Unity Temple and performed in the choir; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey was a gardener and nature enthusiast | 6 | | who loved to "soak in Vitamin D"; she enjoyed visits to the | 7 | | Morton Arboretum; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey was preceded in death by her sister, | 9 | | Carolyn Swanberg; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jean Ellzey is survived by her sister, Kathryn | 11 | | Hemeyer; her children, Dorie Blesoff (Marc), Christine Ione, | 12 | | and David Ellzey; her grandchildren, Jamine, Evan, and Mara | 13 | | Blesoff, Courtney Rile (Mike Barletta), and Devon Rile | 14 | | (Kristen Buchan); her great-granddaughters, Athina and Wrynn; | 15 | | her nephews and nieces, Lance Swanberg (Jamie), Cindy Schwing | 16 | | (Larry), Marshall Swanberg (Kathleen), Gary Hemeyer | 17 | | (Christina), Suzanne Hemeyer, and Bryan Hemeyer (Chelle); and | 18 | | many other loving nieces-in-law and nephews-in-law; therefore, | 19 | | be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Jean Mary Glarner Ellzey and extend our sincere condolences to | 3 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Jean Ellzey as an expression of our | 7 | | deepest sympathy.
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