Full Text of HR0414 96th General Assembly
HR0414 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Barbara | 4 |
| Wynn Bansley, who passed away on March 20, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Wynn Bansley received her degree in | 6 |
| education from Chicago State University in 1954; she graduated | 7 |
| from Daley College in 1975 with a degree in painting and | 8 |
| drawing; she later received her master's degree in | 9 |
| interdisciplinary art from Columbia College in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Wynn Bansley had a long and distinguished | 11 |
| career in art education; she began teaching in the Chicago | 12 |
| Public School system before moving on to teach art classes at | 13 |
| the Beverly Art Center and the St. Cajetan School; she also | 14 |
| taught quilting and knitting classes to seniors at various | 15 |
| parks throughout the South Side of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Wynn Bansley was widely known for her | 17 |
| performance works, "The Perfect Shade of Blue" and "The Wit of | 18 |
| America's First Ladies"; her live performances were done at the | 19 |
| Ridge Historical Society on the far South Side of Chicago, the | 20 |
| Hartmann Center Gallery in Peoria, Columbia College, and other | 21 |
| venues across the City of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Wynn Bansley enjoyed sketching pictures | 2 |
| of her children and family and spending time with her two dogs, | 3 |
| Rover and Brady; and
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| WHEREAS, Barbara Wynn Bansley is survived by her husband of | 5 |
| 55 years, James; her daughters, Helen Schiller, Jean Maroney, | 6 |
| Anne Bansley, Mary Maroney, Geri Doherty, Barbara Cronin, and | 7 |
| Lucy Riles; her sons, James, Andrew, John, Bob, and Tony; her | 8 |
| sister, Mary Sullivan; her brother, Andrew McCann; and her 45 | 9 |
| grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 13 |
| Barbara Wynn Bansley; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Barbara Wynn Bansley as an | 16 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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