Full Text of SR0440 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 Helen Diane Richart, who passed away on | 4 | | February 10, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Richart was born in Chicago in 1924 to | 6 | | Gioacchino and Elisa (nee Spapperi) Fusciani; she attended | 7 | | Rezin Orr Elementary School and graduated from Austin High | 8 | | School in Chicago; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After high school, Helen Richart worked in | 10 | | bookkeeping in downtown Chicago and was active in the Young | 11 | | People's Club of Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church; in 1954, | 12 | | she married Milton Hawkins and they settled in Prospect | 13 | | Heights; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Helen Richart was active in church and school | 15 | | organizations, including St. John's Episcopal Church and John | 16 | | Hersey High School; she also worked part-time; after being | 17 | | widowed in 1969, she returned to working full-time in | 18 | | bookkeeping; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Helen Richart married Joseph Richart in 1977 and | 20 | | moved to Harvard; they were active in many organizations, | 21 | | including the Moose Club, the Northwest Sailing Association, |
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| 1 | | the Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club, and the Upper Keys Sailing | 2 | | Club in Key Largo; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Helen Richart enjoyed square dancing with the | 4 | | Woodstock Squares and entertaining and hosting family | 5 | | gatherings; she and her husband were avid sailors, often | 6 | | cruising on Lake Michigan and Florida Bay; they also made trips | 7 | | on the Mississippi and in the Caribbean; for more than 20 | 8 | | years, they were winter residents in Key Largo, Florida, and | 9 | | more recently, New Smyrna Beach, Florida; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Helen Richart was preceded in death by her sister, | 11 | | Rita Aiello; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Helen Richart is survived by her husband, Joseph; | 13 | | her daughter, Diane Hawkins; and her son, David Hawkins; | 14 | | therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Helen Diane Richart, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 18 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Helen Richart as an expression of |
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| 1 | | our deepest sympathy.
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