Full Text of SR1575 98th General Assembly
SR1575 98TH 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 Helen Catherine (nee Matre) Hopkinson of | 4 | | River Forest, who passed away on June 9, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson was born on December 1, 1926 in | 6 | | Oak Park to Richard and Gertrude Matre; she graduated from | 7 | | Trinity High School in River Forest in 1944; she attended | 8 | | Syracuse University and graduated from Rosary College (now | 9 | | Dominican University) in River Forest; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson worked as a bookkeeper at her | 11 | | husband's store, Gorman Church Goods, in Oak Park; later she | 12 | | worked as an administrative assistant in the Obstetrics | 13 | | Department at Loyola University Medical Center for 12 years; | 14 | | upon her retirement in 1993, she moved to Valparaiso, Florida; | 15 | | she returned to River Forest in 2008; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson was active in Ascension Catholic | 17 | | Church in Oak Park and served as a Girl Scout and Cub Scout | 18 | | leader; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson was preceded in death by her | 20 | | husband, John; her siblings, Richard and sister-in-law Marilu | 21 | | (Flanagan) Matre, John "Punch", and Patricia (Hopkinson) |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson is survived by her children, Bill | 3 | | (Debby), Sue, Bob (Paula), B.C. (Tim) Juettner, Joan (Mark) | 4 | | Stakulis, Jim (Deborah), Dave (Sally), and John; her | 5 | | grandchildren, Kari (Ryan) Gemmell, Mike Hopkinson, Lauren and | 6 | | Allison Reinke, Nicole (Brian) Acker, Bobby and Colin | 7 | | Hopkinson, John and Annelise Juettner, Nolan, Brian, Ciara, and | 8 | | Maura Hopkinson, and Cliff and Matthew Hopkinson; her | 9 | | sister-in-law, Jeanne (Hopkinson) Kevil; her many nieces and | 10 | | nephews; and her 4 great-grandchildren, Madeline, Mackenzie | 11 | | and Caitlin Acker, and Owen Gemmell; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Helen Catherine Hopkinson, and extend our sincere condolences | 15 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Helen Hopkinson as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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