Full Text of SR1312 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 Valli Rebecca Montgomery Tolleson of | 4 | | Gurnee, who passed away on April 28, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Valli Tolleson was born in Waukegan to Gladys | 6 | | Marian (Humbert) and John "Jack" Robert Montgomery on July 25, | 7 | | 1945; she attended Whittier Elementary School and Daniel | 8 | | Webster Secondary School; she graduated from Waukegan High | 9 | | School in 1963; she married John Carroll Tolleson in Waukegan | 10 | | at the Post Chapel, U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes on | 11 | | October 19, 1968; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Valli Tolleson worked as a teller at the First | 13 | | National Bank in Waukegan; she then began a long and successful | 14 | | career at Abbott Laboratories; she retired from Abbott after 25 | 15 | | years of service; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Valli Tolleson had a love for embroidery work; she | 17 | | also enjoyed gardening, spending time with friends, and | 18 | | traveling, especially to England, Scotland, and Wales; she | 19 | | enjoyed visiting the farm in Waldwick, Wisconsin, where her | 20 | | mother was raised, and attending the Cornish festival in | 21 | | Mineral Point, Wisconsin; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Valli Tolleson had a great sense of humor; she was | 2 | | a wonderful hostess and had some of the best gatherings during | 3 | | holidays for family and friends; her Fourth of July parties | 4 | | were some of the finest; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Valli Tolleson was preceded in death by her | 6 | | parents and her brother-in-law, Gerald Edgar Tolleson; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Valli Tolleson is survived by her husband of over | 8 | | 50 years, John; her brother, Robert Bruce (Beverly "Bev") | 9 | | Montgomery; her brother-in-law, Donald William (Barbara) | 10 | | Tolleson; her niece, Kari Ann Montgomery; her niece, Lisa Marie | 11 | | Montgomery; her niece, Shannon Cassondra Tolleson; her cousin, | 12 | | Jack Terrill Humbert; her miniature Dachshunds, Guinness and | 13 | | Lacy;
and numerous close family friends and their families; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Valli Rebecca Montgomery Tolleson and extend our sincere | 18 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 19 | | her; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Valli Tolleson as an expression of | 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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