Full Text of SR1362 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Maureen Macy Lober, who passed away on | 4 | | December 12, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober was born to Maurice and Ila Glee | 6 | | Macy in Streator on May 28, 1927; she grew up in Litchfield | 7 | | until her family moved to California and Florida during World | 8 | | War II; she attended the University of California, Los Angeles | 9 | | and then graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Florida State | 10 | | University; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober's family returned to Litchfield | 12 | | after the war; she taught English and Spanish at Litchfield | 13 | | High School; she married fellow teacher and basketball coach, | 14 | | Arlyn Lober, in 1950; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober attended the Lincoln College of Law | 16 | | while teaching in Litchfield; she graduated at the top of her | 17 | | class and became the first woman attorney to be a member of the | 18 | | Illinois Bar Association; she practiced law with her father at | 19 | | Macy and Lober Attorneys at Law in Litchfield for the next 65 | 20 | | years; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober and Arlyn moved to Springfield in |
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| 1 | | 1952, where she was active in many organizations, including | 2 | | Zonta International, the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the American | 3 | | Association of University Women, and the Litchfield Women's | 4 | | Club; she was an elected member of the first Springfield | 5 | | Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority Board that | 6 | | was responsible for building the Prairie Capital Convention | 7 | | Center (Bank of Springfield Center); she was also an active | 8 | | and devoted member of Luther Memorial Lutheran Church until it | 9 | | merged into Peace Lutheran, where she attended with family | 10 | | every Sunday; she was exceptionally generous with her time and | 11 | | money for many local charities; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober loved her family and her bridge | 13 | | club, including her lifelong surviving friends, Marilyn Kyes, | 14 | | MaryAnn Armstrong, Joanne Hott, and Sidney Kling; she also | 15 | | loved her many pets, horseback riding, swimming, skiing, | 16 | | gardening, reading, traveling, music, arguing politics, and | 17 | | correcting one's grammar; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober was a women's rights activist and | 19 | | politically involved all of her life; she led by example and | 20 | | was loved and respected by friends, family, and clients; she | 21 | | had a kind and caring nature, always looking on the bright side | 22 | | and concentrating on people's good points; she was a devoted | 23 | | wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and nothing | 24 | | brought her more pleasure than the accomplishments of her |
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| 1 | | children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober was preceded in death by her | 3 | | husband of 72 years, Arlyn; her daughter, Laurette; her | 4 | | sisters, Carol Neave and Janet Golovner; and her parents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Maureen Lober is survived by her daughters, Becky | 6 | | (Denny) Hendricks, Rose (Ric) Lober Hamilton, and Chris (Todd) | 7 | | Green; her grandchildren, Macy (Nick) Lober Morrison, Thomas | 8 | | Hamilton, Gabe Green, and Audrey Green; her | 9 | | great-grandchildren, Eli Cook, Teagan Bensko, Jacob Morrison, | 10 | | and Scarlett and Gianna Green; her brother-in-law, Al Neave; | 11 | | and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Maureen Macy Lober and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Maureen Lober as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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