Full Text of SR0542 98th 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 former Glen Ellyn Village President | 4 | | Constance "Connie" (nee Miller) Zimmermann, who passed away on | 5 | | June 27, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann was born in New Rochelle, New | 7 | | York; she graduated from Sarasota High School in 1949 and | 8 | | earned her degree in political science from Florida State | 9 | | University in 1954, where she belonged to Pi Sigma Alpha, the | 10 | | National Political Science Honor Society; she married Richard | 11 | | M. Zimmermann in Frankfurt, Germany in 1954; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann and her husband settled in | 13 | | Glen Ellyn in 1959 and she became involved in League of Women | 14 | | Voters activities; she was elected Glen Ellyn's first female | 15 | | village president in 1973, serving in that capacity until 1977; | 16 | | she oversaw various redevelopment and expansion efforts during | 17 | | her time in office; in 1984, she was elected to the DuPage | 18 | | County Board; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann was active in civic and | 20 | | community organizations in Glen Ellyn and DuPage County; she | 21 | | served on the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, the | 22 | | DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference, the DuPage County Board, |
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| 1 | | the Illinois Municipal League, the Board of Central DuPage | 2 | | Hospital, the Mental Health Association of DuPage, the Portage | 3 | | Lake Garden Club, the Portage Lake Association, and the Portage | 4 | | Lake Yacht Club; she also founded a local chapter of the League | 5 | | of Women Voters; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann was recognized for her | 7 | | community involvement in 1987 when the Young Women's Christian | 8 | | Association named her as one of the group's Outstanding Women | 9 | | Leaders of DuPage County; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann enjoyed traveling the world | 11 | | with her husband, reading, playing tennis, skiing, golfing, | 12 | | swimming, and boating; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann was preceded in death by her | 14 | | husband, Richard; her parents; and one son; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Constance Zimmermann is survived by her daughter, | 16 | | Vivian Bennett; her son, Robert; her brother, James L. Miller, | 17 | | Jr.; and her sister, Vivian Parrott; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Constance "Connie" Zimmermann, and extend our sincere | 21 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Constance Zimmermann as an | 4 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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