Full Text of SR0788 95th General Assembly
SR0788 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
Georgiann Goodson, who passed away on May | 4 |
| 25, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgiann Goodson was born in Joliet in 1927; she | 6 |
| spent most of her life promoting and practicing the belief that | 7 |
| live theatre and its attending arts are as vital to the human | 8 |
| spirit and collective humanity as food and drink; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgiann Goodson dedicated much of her life to | 10 |
| the production and performance of fine art; she served as the | 11 |
| manager of the Will-Joliet Bicentennial Park Theatre from 1977 | 12 |
| to 1999; she served as president and was a 55-year member of | 13 |
| the Joliet Drama Guild; she directed and performed at each of | 14 |
| the Guild's venues, including the Totem Pole Playhouse, the | 15 |
| Orpheum Theatre, the Curbside Playhouse, and Bicentennial | 16 |
| Park, and arranged poetry readings at numerous organizations; | 17 |
| she also created the Christmas Gnome Show, now an annual family | 18 |
| fixture in Will County, early in her tenure at the Park; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgiann Goodson was married to Glenn Goodson for | 20 |
| over 50 years; together, they explored Chicago's smaller ethnic | 21 |
| restaurants and neighborhoods during the 1950s to the 1980s, | 22 |
| long before they were in fashion; they also explored foreign |
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| films and nascent experimental theatre in Chicago; some of | 2 |
| their most exciting theatre experiences took place in their | 3 |
| living room with plays and poetry readings among assembled | 4 |
| "gatherings" of various artists throughout the country; they | 5 |
| also hosted the annual Theatre Patshiva Golf Tournament, where | 6 |
| actors would come from around the country to test their skills | 7 |
| against Big Run and Cog Hill #2; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgiann Goodson was preceded in death by her | 9 |
| husband; she will be dearly missed by her close friends, John | 10 |
| Lordan and Sue Martin; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgiann Goodson's dedication to her profession | 12 |
| and her willingness to bring fine art into the lives of others | 13 |
| will be missed greatly by all she knew and loved; therefore, be | 14 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Georgiann Goodson; and | 18 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Georgiann Goodson as an expression | 21 |
| of our sympathy.
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