Full Text of SR0257 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 Josephine Lucas of Marengo, who passed | 4 | | away on December 20, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Lucas was born in Chicago on September | 6 | | 20, 1929 to John and Rose Chidichimo; she married Donald Lucas | 7 | | in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania on July 17, 1970; she was married | 8 | | previously to Donald Jay Wilson; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Lucas held a Master of Social Work from | 10 | | the University of Illinois and worked until her retirement from | 11 | | Illinois Elementary School District 59 in Elk Grove Village as | 12 | | a school social worker and a department administrator; she | 13 | | began her career shortly after finishing high school, working | 14 | | as an activities director at Jane Addams' Hull House in | 15 | | Chicago; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Lucas sung in several operas; she was an | 17 | | avid musician and enjoyed singing and playing the piano and | 18 | | string bass; during the 1960s, she was a member of a strolling | 19 | | combo, "The Honeycombs", and was a past member of the Chicago | 20 | | Federation of Musicians; years later, she toured Europe several | 21 | | times with a choir from District 59; she also loved animals and | 22 | | belonged to a number of animal welfare organizations and |
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| 1 | | wildlife preservation foundations; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Since moving to Marengo in 1996, Josephine Lucas | 3 | | was an active member of the Marengo Woman's Club, the Ladies' | 4 | | Home Circle, the McHenry County Retired Teachers Association, | 5 | | the Florence Nursing Home Auxiliary, and the Marengo Lioness | 6 | | Club; she volunteered at the McHenry County Historical Society | 7 | | and served on the board of directors of the Woodstock Mozart | 8 | | Festival; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Lucas was preceded in death by her | 10 | | parents, and by her husband, Donald; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Josephine Lucas is survived by her daughter, Tracy | 12 | | Doyle; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Josephine Lucas, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Josephine Lucas as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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