Full Text of HR1203 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Margie Jo | 4 | | Harmon of Herrin, who passed away on April 20, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon was born in Greenville, Texas to | 6 | | Robert Horace and Nina Jo (Turner) Moore on April 10, 1926; she | 7 | | graduated from Central High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma in | 8 | | 1943 and enrolled at Oklahoma State University; she married | 9 | | Bill Harmon in a civil ceremony in Perry, Oklahoma on June 16, | 10 | | 1949, and again at St. Andrew Episcopal Church in Stillwater, | 11 | | Oklahoma on August 13, 1949; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon and her family moved to Herrin in | 13 | | August of 1968; she landed her first teaching job at Lincoln | 14 | | School in Herrin; she taught third grade in Herrin schools for | 15 | | 29 years; she was instrumental in the establishment of an | 16 | | accelerated reader program in Herrin elementary schools; she | 17 | | continued to work with the reading program after retiring from | 18 | | teaching in 1998; she received an outstanding service award | 19 | | from the Illinois Educational Association for her work with the | 20 | | Herrin IEA affiliate and for serving on the teacher union's | 21 | | board of directors; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon was elected to the Herrin Community |
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| 1 | | Unit 4 School Board in 1989 for the first of three terms; she | 2 | | was an advocate for teacher's rights and needs and for fairness | 3 | | for all sides in contract negotiations; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon and her husband were the owners of a | 5 | | successful flower and gift shop and garden center business, | 6 | | Nancy's Flowers and Gifts (now Les Marie Florist) for 15 years; | 7 | | and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon was an avid reader and a member of | 9 | | The Page Turners club; she was a charter member of the Friends | 10 | | of Herrin City Library, serving on the group's board of | 11 | | directors; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon was the Chairperson of the Our Lady | 13 | | of Mount Carmel's Sister Parish Project in Mulajje, Uganda, | 14 | | raising more than $112,500 to provide lunch at school for | 15 | | approximately 450 children each day; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Margie Harmon is survived by her husband, Bill; | 17 | | her children, Catherine Louise Fleck, Ruth Ellen Harmon, | 18 | | Margaret Ann (Dr. James) Petersen, Melinda Gail (Bill Cronin) | 19 | | Harmon, Mary Elizabeth Lockhart, and Matthew Preston Harmon; | 20 | | her grandchildren, Simon (Sharon) Stotler, Emily (Dave | 21 | | Cipriani) Fleck, Isabelle Petersen, Anna Lockhart, Joseph | 22 | | Petersen, August Petersen, and William Kellogg; and her |
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| 1 | | great-grandsons, Marcus and Jacob Stotler, and Julian | 2 | | Cipriani; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | mourn the passing of Margie Jo Harmon, and extend our sincere | 6 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 7 | | her; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Margie Harmon as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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