Full Text of SR1616 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 Artha L. Chamberlain of Urbana, who | 4 | | passed away on February 18, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Artha Chamberlain was born to Frank and Emma Kuoni | 6 | | Littel on August 20, 1918; she was raised in the river town of | 7 | | Sauk City, Wisconsin, where she learned to swim from regional | 8 | | author August Derleth and spent afternoons with her older | 9 | | sister, Dorothy, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright, enjoying | 10 | | foreign films and cookies at Taliesin; she was a soda jerk in | 11 | | the local drugstore, where she once served hamburgers to Cab | 12 | | Calloway and his band; she received her Bachelor of Arts from | 13 | | the University of Wisconsin-Madison and enlisted in the WAVES | 14 | | shortly after World War II began; she was stationed in | 15 | | Washington, D.C. and worked in Naval Intelligence until the end | 16 | | of the war; she married Don Chamberlain in 1945 and they moved | 17 | | to Urbana, where she received her Master of Arts from the | 18 | | University of Illinois; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Artha Chamberlain spent most of her career in the | 20 | | Department of Aero and Astro Engineering as the undergraduate | 21 | | writing program director, publications counselor, and alumni | 22 | | liaison; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Artha Chamberlain was an avid sports fan, | 2 | | including golf, football, and basketball; she was a loyal | 3 | | Illini fan, but her first loyalty was to her University of | 4 | | Wisconsin Badgers, as evidenced by that red Wisconsin baseball | 5 | | cap and Badger earmuffs she wore everywhere; she was active in | 6 | | the community and at St. Patrick's Church; she was an Ebertfest | 7 | | groupie from its inception and shared many Ebertfests with her | 8 | | daughters and friends; she and her husband shared many | 9 | | interests, including Krannert performances, Stardusters | 10 | | dances, U of I football games, and traveling; she was a | 11 | | talented and prolific writer and was probably best known for | 12 | | her well-loved, annual Christmas letter; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Artha Chamberlain was preceded in death by her | 14 | | husband of 52 years, Don, and her sisters, Dorothy Mueller and | 15 | | Pauline Nickel; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Artha Chamberlain is survived by her children, | 17 | | Frank Chamberlain, Ellen (Charlie) Warmbrunn, and Beth (Bill) | 18 | | Welbes; her 3 grandchildren, Matt Call, Sam Call, and Jacob | 19 | | Welbes; her nephews, John Nickel and David LeResche; her | 20 | | nieces, Kathy Englander and Mary Nell Marten; and many | 21 | | wonderful great-nieces and great-nephews; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Artha L. Chamberlain, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Artha Chamberlain as an expression | 6 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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