Full Text of SR0948 97th 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
Barbara Hamsmith of Aurora, who passed | 4 | | away on August 31, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith was born on February 24, 1950, in | 6 | | Aurora; her parents were Frank Sr. and Norma (Musso) Guzauskas; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith earned her bachelor's degree in | 9 | | accounting from North Central College in 2009 after going back | 10 | | to college part-time for 11 years; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, Barbara Hamsmith worked as a | 12 | | secretary, computer programmer, material handling sales | 13 | | specialist, and bookkeeper; she also enjoyed working side by | 14 | | side with her husband for many years in his accounting | 15 | | practice; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith was a church organist for more | 17 | | than 40 years, first at St. Peter's Church in Aurora and then | 18 | | at Holy Angels Church; she also served as an Extraordinary | 19 | | Minister at Holy Angels; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith enjoyed making breakfast on |
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| 1 | | Sundays after early Mass with her husband, antiquing, spending | 2 | | quality time with her family, bowling, baking, and gardening; | 3 | | and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith was preceded in death by her | 5 | | parents; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith is survived by her beloved | 7 | | husband of 40 years, Jerry; her wonderful children, Matthew | 8 | | (Lisa) and Rachel; her granddaughter, Cecilia; her sisters, | 9 | | Karen (William) Oleckno and Jeannie (Daniel) Currie; her | 10 | | brother, Frank (Elizabeth) Guzauskas; her many special nieces, | 11 | | nephews, and grandnephews; and her best friends, Patrick and | 12 | | Mary Dougherty; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | her family and friends, the passing of Barbara Hamsmith; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Barbara Hamsmith as an expression of | 19 | | our sympathy.
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