Full Text of SR0872 101st 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 Margaret Anne "Peg" Palmquist Ransom of | 4 | | Libertyville, who passed away on December 6, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Peg Ransom was born in Davenport, Iowa to Margaret | 6 | | Victoria Burchell and Herman Philip Palmquist on August 13, | 7 | | 1935; she graduated from Davenport High School and from | 8 | | Augustana College in 1957, where she majored in English and | 9 | | speech and was named Aglaia (now the National Mortar Board); | 10 | | she was an award-winning debater and orator and placed first in | 11 | | Iowa high school state debate and second in national college | 12 | | oratory; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1957, Peg Ransom began teaching high school | 14 | | English and speech at Beloit High School; she then taught at | 15 | | Lake Forest High School and Warren Township High School; she | 16 | | retired from teaching in 1965; she started her business career | 17 | | in 1972 at Sara Lee Bakery as a clerk and then worked as tour | 18 | | supervisor, market research analyst, and consumer services | 19 | | manager; she retired in 1989 as Manager of Public Affairs and | 20 | | Public Relations; her favorite recollection was coordinating | 21 | | the visit of President Ronald Reagan; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, In 1989, Peg Ransom founded Ransom Public Service |
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| 1 | | Consultants; her professional honors included being named to | 2 | | the Outstanding Young Women of America, Who's Who of American | 3 | | Women Millennium Edition, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who | 4 | | in the World Millennium Edition; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, As a volunteer, Peg Ransom created, funded, and | 6 | | programmed a course in human relations for 250 area teachers; | 7 | | in preparation for child advocacy, she was a sworn officer of | 8 | | the court and was also a literacy volunteer in the county jail; | 9 | | she was featured on national television and wire services for | 10 | | her rescue of a two-year-old child; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Peg Ransom was a member of First Presbyterian | 12 | | Church of Libertyville, the Public Relations Society of | 13 | | America, the Grocery Manufacturers of America, the American | 14 | | Association of University Women, and Gardner's of Central Lake | 15 | | County; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Peg Ransom is survived by her husband of 59 years, | 17 | | David Duane Ransom; her son, David Burke Ransom; her grandson, | 18 | | Dylan Lory Ransom; her brother, Richard Herman Palmquist; and | 19 | | her nieces and nephews, Philip (Robyn) Palmquist, Steven | 20 | | (Natalya) Palmquist, Mary (Dave) Petrie, Timothy (Terri) | 21 | | Palmquist, Carol (Steve) MacNeill, Steven (Allison) Ransom, | 22 | | and Debra (Phil) Williamson; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Margaret Anne "Peg" Palmquist Ransom and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | her; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Peg Ransom as an expression of our | 8 | | deepest sympathy.
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