Full Text of HR1440 99th 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 Shirley | 4 | | Jean Green of Naperville, who passed away on September 30, | 5 | | 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Green was born in Belleville to George and | 7 | | Hortense Tuerck on December 23, 1925; she moved to Matteson in | 8 | | 1961 with her husband, Kenneth H. Green; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Green was a legislative aide to the late | 10 | | Lynn Brenne; in 1974, she was elected Township Tax Assessor for | 11 | | Rich Township in the south suburbs, an office she held until | 12 | | 1994; she was a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer and served | 13 | | as liaison between the Cook County Assessor and the Township | 14 | | Assessors for 15 years; after her retirement in 1994 from the | 15 | | assessors position, she acted as a consultant and assessment | 16 | | analyst for Cook County Assessors Thomas C. Hynes and James M. | 17 | | Houlihan; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Green held the offices of President of the | 19 | | Cook County Township Assessors Division, President of the | 20 | | Township Officials of Cook County, President of the Illinois | 21 | | Assessment Institute, and President of the Township Officials | 22 | | of Illinois; she served on the Village of Matteson Plan |
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| 1 | | Commission, the Economic Development Commission, and the | 2 | | Matteson Village Board; she was a member of the Matteson | 3 | | Library Board, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra Board, the | 4 | | American Cancer Society Board, and the Matteson District 162 | 5 | | School Board; she was a member of the Matteson Rotary Club, | 6 | | where she served as the first female President; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Green received an award from the Illinois | 8 | | Township Assessors Association as well as the Marshall Thoreau | 9 | | Award for distinguished professional and personal dedication; | 10 | | the Matteson Area Chamber of Commerce honored her with the | 11 | | Athena Award for excellence in her profession, providing | 12 | | valuable community services, and promoting support of | 13 | | professional women; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, the Senior Center of Rich Township was | 15 | | named the Shirley J. Green Senior Center; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Green was preceded in death by her | 17 | | parents; her husband, Kenneth Green; her sister, Elma (Tuerck) | 18 | | Hoff; her brother-in-law, Norman Hoff; and her nephew, James | 19 | | Hoff; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Shirley Green is survived by her sons, Michael | 21 | | (Kathy) Green, and Steven (Robin) Green; her brother, David | 22 | | (Prema) Tuerck; her grandchildren, Kevin (Stephanie) Green, |
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| 1 | | Dana (Heather) Green, Matthew Green, Amy (Rob) McLear, Laura | 2 | | (Alex) Wilga, and Carter Farrar; her great-grandchildren, | 3 | | Madison Green, and Evan, Alexa, and Nathan McLear; her nieces | 4 | | and nephews, Kathy Scott, Thomas (Judy) Hoff, Karen (Gary) | 5 | | Voelker, Ken (Tina) Hoff, and John (Rachel) Tuerck; and 11 | 6 | | great-nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | mourn the passing of Shirley Jean Green, and extend our sincere | 10 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 11 | | her; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Shirley Green as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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