Full Text of SR0311 98th 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 Nancy Jones of Elwood, who passed away on | 4 | | May 6, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Jones was born on February 28, 1936 and was | 6 | | raised in Joliet; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Jones graduated from St. Patrick's Grade | 8 | | School in Joliet with the class of 1950 and attended St. | 9 | | Francis Academy in Joliet; at the age of 15, she professed her | 10 | | vows as Sister Lauretta Charles, O.P. at the Adrian Michigan | 11 | | Dominican Sisters Motherhouse; she also earned her A.B. in | 12 | | philosophy from Siena Heights College in Adrian, Michigan; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, As Sister Lauretta Charles, Nancy Jones taught for | 14 | | 10 years in Catholic schools in California, Nevada, and | 15 | | Michigan; after she was released from her vows on her consent | 16 | | from the Holy See, she returned to Joliet to teach in the | 17 | | Lockport Public Schools; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In the 1970s, Nancy Jones was the first woman | 19 | | elected to the Laraway Grade School Board, where she served for | 20 | | 2 terms; she also served as a substitute teacher for many years | 21 | | at Laraway, Union, and Elwood Grade Schools; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Jones served as a realtor at Bell Realty of | 2 | | Joliet for many years; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Jones is preceded in death by her parents, | 4 | | Orville and Olive Olsen; her brothers, Charles and James Olsen; | 5 | | her uncle, Roy; her aunt, Pauline Olsen; and her nephew, James | 6 | | Olsen; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Jones is survived by her devoted husband of | 8 | | 48 years, Francis "Bud" Jones; her son, William (Annette) | 9 | | Jones; her daughter, Judge Sarah Jones; her sisters-in-law, | 10 | | Mary Virginia (Raymond) Sicinski, Kathleen Jones, and Jane | 11 | | Olsen; her brother-in-law, Raymond (Marilyn) Jones; and her | 12 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | her family and friends, the passing of Nancy Jones; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Nancy Jones as an expression of our | 19 | | sympathy.
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