Full Text of SR1608 098th 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 Kay Leonard Stephens of Naperville, who | 4 | | passed away on September 30, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kay Stephens was born in LaPorte, Indiana on April | 6 | | 7, 1933; she graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, | 7 | | Indiana in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in music education; | 8 | | she married John Lewis Stephens, and they settled in Naperville | 9 | | in 1965; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Kay Stephens and her husband were involved in the | 11 | | founding of the Naperville Heritage Society in 1969; when St. | 12 | | John's Episcopal Church, the church she was musical director | 13 | | at, needed to be moved, the Society found a new location at a | 14 | | site now known as the Naper Settlement; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Kay Stephens always kept a busy schedule of | 16 | | charitable activities, music, gardening, training dogs, | 17 | | helping special-needs children, and raising her family; she | 18 | | planned antique shows, hosted Christmas pageants, developed a | 19 | | weed garden that is now managed by the Weed Ladies, penned a | 20 | | book about Naperville in the 1970s, and created a music | 21 | | education program at Little Friends, Inc.; when her husband | 22 | | passed, she created a pet education and training scholarship in |
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| 1 | | his name to benefit the Animal Assisted Therapy program at | 2 | | Edward Hospital & Health Services in Naperville; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Kay Stephens received a master's degree in music | 4 | | from Northern Illinois University in 1986 at the age of 53; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kay Stephens is survived by her 4 children, Susan, | 6 | | John, Ginger, and Jane; 9 grandchildren; and a | 7 | | great-grandchild; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Kay Leonard Stephens, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 11 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Kay Stephens as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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