Full Text of SR0165 96th General Assembly
SR0165 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Janet G. LeWald of Naperville, who passed | 4 |
| away on March 5, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was born on June 11, 1946 in Chicago; | 6 |
| her parents were Marcello and Lorraine Gino; she married | 7 |
| Kenneth LeWald Sr. on June 29, 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald grew up in Chicago; she was a 1964 | 9 |
| graduate of Mother McAuley High School; she graduated in 1968 | 10 |
| from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb with a degree in | 11 |
| education; she was a co-founder of a local sorority that was | 12 |
| accepted as a national Alpha Phi Chapter; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was employed with the Special | 14 |
| Education Department at Naperville Central High School as a | 15 |
| substitute teacher and a special education assistant; she was | 16 |
| also employed at SCARCE (School & Community Assistance for | 17 |
| Recycling and Composting Education) in Glen Ellyn for the past | 18 |
| 18 years, where she served as an environmental educator and as | 19 |
| a contributor to RIPPLES, SCARCE's environmental newsletter; | 20 |
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was ahead of her time in |
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| understanding the need for conservation and recycling, having | 2 |
| set up a curbside recycling program in her Naperville | 3 |
| subdivision during the 1970s, long before such programs became | 4 |
| fashionable; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was a member of St. Margaret Mary | 6 |
| Church in Naperville; she enjoyed spending time with her | 7 |
| children and grandchildren, writing, and swimming; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was preceded in death by her parents; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald is survived by her husband; her | 11 |
| children, Nicole (Andy) Powell, Kenneth "Kip" LeWald Jr., and | 12 |
| Kari (Regan) Miller; her grandchildren, Abigail, Tessa, and | 13 |
| Emmett Powell and Mackenzie, Ella, and Charlotte Miller; her | 14 |
| siblings, Karen (Bob) Bruno, Marcia (Dan) Doeden, Bob (Nancy) | 15 |
| Gino, Denise (Mike) Smith, and Diane (Joe) Goulah; and her many | 16 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Janet G. LeWald; and be | 20 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Janet LeWald as an expression of our | 2 |
| sympathy.
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