Full Text of SR0364 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 Elaine June Dahl of Crystal Lake, who | 4 | | passed away on February 23, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Dahl was born in Chicago; her parents were | 6 | | Elmer and Bernice (nee Raycroft) Dahl; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 1929, Elaine Dahl and her family moved to | 8 | | Crystal Lake, where she attended public schools from third | 9 | | grade through high school and graduated as valedictorian in | 10 | | 1939; after earning her diploma from the Sherman Hospital | 11 | | School of Nursing in 1943, she took the Illinois State Exam to | 12 | | become a Registered Nurse; she subsequently enlisted in the | 13 | | United States Army and served as a nurse in the Pacific Theater | 14 | | during World War II; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After her discharge, Elaine Dahl worked as a | 16 | | private duty nurse, often caring for polio patients; she later | 17 | | pursued an interest in physical therapy at the Mayo Clinic in | 18 | | Rochester, Minnesota and earned her certificate and passed the | 19 | | National and Illinois Exams to become a Registered Physical | 20 | | Therapist; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1969, Elaine Dahl graduated from Northern |
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| 1 | | Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring | 2 | | in Physical Therapy; while at Northern Illinois University, she | 3 | | worked in the Physical Therapy Department; in 1975, she moved | 4 | | to Oregon to work as a physical therapist at Salem Memorial | 5 | | Hospital, where she worked until the age of 72; after 30 years | 6 | | of living in the Pacific Northwest, she returned to Crystal | 7 | | Lake to be with her family; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Dahl enjoyed nature, spending much of her | 9 | | younger days camping, canoeing, hiking, and describing the | 10 | | history of every rock formation along the way; she also enjoyed | 11 | | traveling the world, where she collected various treasures; as | 12 | | a member of the Aurora Colony Handspinners Guild, she would | 13 | | often demonstrate the craft of spinning in many places, | 14 | | including the Oregon State Fair and the McHenry County | 15 | | Historical Society; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Dahl was preceded in death by a brother, | 17 | | Jack Dahl; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Elaine Dahl is survived by a sister-in-law, | 19 | | Marilyn Dahl; 4 nephews, Scot (Virginia) Dahl, Jay (Peggy) | 20 | | Dahl, Jim (Marty) Dahl, and Wayne (Michelle) Dahl; and 13 | 21 | | grandnieces, grandnephews, great-grandnieces, and | 22 | | great-grandnephews; 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 Elaine June Dahl; and | 4 | | be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Elaine Dahl as an expression of our | 7 | | sympathy.
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