Full Text of SR1402 99th 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 Violette King of Godfrey, who passed away | 4 | | on January 4, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Violette King was born to Elias and Sevastie (nee | 6 | | Kotsakis) Papagianis on July 21, 1943 in Tirana, Albania, 2 | 7 | | months before the German occupation; in 1945, she, her mother, | 8 | | and her older brother were smuggled across the closed, | 9 | | communist-controlled border, into Greece, where they joined | 10 | | her father, who had previously gone to Greece for surgery; the | 11 | | family immigrated to the United States in 1957; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Violette King graduated from the University of | 13 | | Miami School of Cytotechnology and attended Washington | 14 | | University in St. Louis, Missouri; she received her bachelor's | 15 | | degree, with honors, from Southern Illinois University | 16 | | Edwardsville; she married Dr. Ordie H. King, Jr. on March 21, | 17 | | 1974 in a civil ceremony in Memphis, Tennessee; shortly | 18 | | thereafter, they were married at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox | 19 | | Church in St. Louis; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Violette King helped develop the curriculum for | 21 | | and was the first teaching supervisor of the School of | 22 | | Cytotechnology at Washington University/Barnes Hospital from |
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| 1 | | 1963 to 1967; she was the Cytology/Histology Supervisor for | 2 | | several medical laboratories in St. Louis, Missouri from 1969 | 3 | | to 1974; from 1976 to 2008, she was the Laboratory Supervisor | 4 | | of Southern Illinois Pathology Laboratory, Ltd. in Godfrey; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Violette King was the founder and first President | 6 | | of the St. Louis Society of Cytology in 1967 and a ceremony was | 7 | | held in 1974 honoring her for this accomplishment; she was | 8 | | co-author on several scientific publications and served on the | 9 | | faculty of multiple regional, national, and international | 10 | | cytopathology workshops; in 1982, the Board of Directors of the | 11 | | American Society of Cytopathology, then the American Society of | 12 | | Cytology, selected her, based on outstanding professional | 13 | | accomplishments, as one of the first cytotechnologists to | 14 | | receive full voting privileges in this medical organization; | 15 | | and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1995, Violette King founded and was President | 17 | | of Nursing Home Monitors, a non-profit advocacy organization | 18 | | for nursing home residents; she received multiple national, | 19 | | regional, and local awards for her dedicated efforts; her | 20 | | awards included the 2003 Women of Worth Award from the St. | 21 | | Louis chapter of OWL, an organization dedicated to economic | 22 | | security and quality of life issues for women over 40, and the | 23 | | 2004 Liberty Bell Award from the Madison County Bar | 24 | | Association; she was featured in several magazines for her work |
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| 1 | | on behalf of nursing home residents; in October of 2002, the | 2 | | St. Louis Post-Dispatch called her, "one of the nation's | 3 | | leading voices for nursing home reform"; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Violette King was well known for her gardening | 5 | | hobby, which included her extensive plantings of various | 6 | | hydrangeas; in November of 1996, she and her hydrangeas were on | 7 | | the cover on St. Louis Lifestyles Magazine, and in August of | 8 | | 1997, the Alton Telegraph ran a feature article on her, titled, | 9 | | "The Hydrangea Lady"; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Violette King was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Violette King is survived by her husband, Dr. | 13 | | Ordie H. King, Jr; her daughter, Catherine A. King and husband, | 14 | | Michael Krutzsch; her beloved grandson, Elliot Spencer King; | 15 | | her son, Alexander C. King and wife, Joyce King; her stepson, | 16 | | Ordie H. King, III; her stepdaughter, Anna Lavelle King; her | 17 | | brother, Pete Papagianis and wife, Beverly; her nephew, Jimmy | 18 | | Papagianis and wife, Kelly; her niece, Maria Papagianis; and | 19 | | her beloved canine foundling, Damon; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 | | Violette King, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Violette King as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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