Full Text of SR0541 95th General Assembly
SR0541 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Betty A. Ahrens, formerly of Rolling | 4 |
| Meadows, who passed away on February 3, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Betty Ahrens moved to Rolling Meadows with her | 6 |
| husband, former Rolling Meadows Mayor William D. Ahrens, in | 7 |
| 1960, only five years after the city's incorporation; she was | 8 |
| Mr. Ahrens' main supporter when he ran for a seat on the city | 9 |
| council and for his run for mayor of Rolling Meadows in 1979; | 10 |
| she attended all public functions with her husband, from social | 11 |
| gatherings to parades and dedication ceremonies; after Mayor | 12 |
| Ahrens resigned in 1990, the couple retired to Florida, where | 13 |
| she remained until her death; and
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| WHEREAS, Betty Ahrens and her husband made many lasting | 15 |
| friends in Rolling Meadows and regularly gathered on Sundays to | 16 |
| watch football games together; and
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| WHEREAS, Betty Ahrens was the wife of William D. Ahrens; | 18 |
| the mother of Debra (Joseph) Stoltman, Linda (Paul) Posco, | 19 |
| William Jr. (Laura), Pamela Ahrens, and Betty Ann Suchala; the | 20 |
| grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of 2; and the sister of | 21 |
| Patricia Behenna, Joan (Carl) Pfisterer, and the late Richard | 22 |
| Mc Kee; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Betty Ahrens; and be it | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Betty Ahrens as an expression of our | 7 |
| sympathy.
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