Full Text of HR0020 95th General Assembly
HR0020 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to extend their condolences to the family | 4 |
| and friends of Phyllis Sutker of Skokie, who passed away on | 5 |
| November 13, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Phyllis Sutker was born in Chicago; she graduated | 7 |
| from Austin High School and Wright Junior College before | 8 |
| receiving her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in social work | 9 |
| from the University of Chicago; she was a member of Phi Beta | 10 |
| Kappa; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Sutker met her husband Calvin during their | 12 |
| senior year of high school, and they were married in 1946; they | 13 |
| moved to Skokie in 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 1950s, Mrs. Sutker joined NA'AMAT, which | 15 |
| supports women's and children's issues in Israel; she went on | 16 |
| to become its national president between 1981 and 1985; at the | 17 |
| time of her passing she was a member of the NA'AMAT USA | 18 |
| advisory board and of its Chicago Council; she represented the | 19 |
| group in the Labor Zionist Movement and on committees and | 20 |
| boards of the major Jewish organizations in Chicago;
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Sutker was deeply involved in the Zionist |
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| movement; she was a national vice president of the American | 2 |
| Zionist Movement and served on its Chicago region board; she | 3 |
| also served as an elected member of the executive of the World | 4 |
| Zionist Organization in the 1980s and 1990s and was elected as | 5 |
| one of its honorary fellows in 1997; she was on the Board of | 6 |
| Governors of the Jewish Agency between 1983 and 1992; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Sutker was an elected member of the Executive | 8 |
| (American Section) of the World Zionist Executive and the Board | 9 |
| of Governors of the Jewish Agency; she was a delegate to six | 10 |
| World Zionist Congresses; and she was a national vice president | 11 |
| of the American Zionist Movement and on the board of the | 12 |
| American Zionist Movement, Chicago region;
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| WHEREAS, As national president of NA'AMAT USA, Phyllis | 14 |
| Sutker met and worked with many Israeli officials; she was a | 15 |
| friend of Leah Rabin, wife of former Prime Minister Yitzhak | 16 |
| Rabin, and worked closely with former Prime Minister Shimon | 17 |
| Peres; Uzi Narkiss, the Israeli general who liberated Jerusalem | 18 |
| in the 1967 war, was a personal friend who came to Chicago to | 19 |
| give the keynote address when Phyllis was honored by the Labor | 20 |
| Zionist Alliance of Chicago (now called Ameinu) in 1997;
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| WHEREAS, In 2005, Phyllis was honored by the Greater | 22 |
| Chicago Council of NA'AMAT on the occasion of the | 23 |
| organization's 80th anniversary; she and her husband, Calvin R. |
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| Sutker, were honored by the American Zionist Movement in 2002; | 2 |
| in 1996, Phyllis was elected a lifetime Honorary Fellow of the | 3 |
| World Zionist Organization; she was honored by Israel Bonds of | 4 |
| Chicago as a "Woman of Achievement" in 1988; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Phyllis Sutker was preceded in death by her son, | 6 |
| Edward, and her brother, David; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Phyllis Sutker was the beloved wife of former | 8 |
| State Representative Calvin R. Sutker; the devoted mother of | 9 |
| Sharon Sutker McGowan (Jim McGowan), Shelley Sutker-Dermer | 10 |
| (Kenneth Dermer), Edie Sue Sutker (fiance, David Richmond), and | 11 |
| Allen (Karen) Sutker; the loving grandmother of Jennifer and | 12 |
| Joshua McGowan, Elana and Jake Dermer, and Danielle, Nicole, | 13 |
| Tommy, and Teddy Sutker; the beloved sister-in-law of Marsha | 14 |
| Kline, Irwin (Carla) Sutker, and Ada (Beryl) Rabinowitz; the | 15 |
| step-sister of Lloyd (Grace) Kline; and is fondly remembered by | 16 |
| many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the death of Phyllis | 20 |
| Sutker; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the family of Phyllis Sutker, as an expression of |
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| our sincere sympathy.
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