Full Text of SR0443 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 Ruth E. Merriman of Wauconda, who passed | 4 | | away on December 15, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Merriman was born in Chicago on May 11, 1922 | 6 | | to William and Elizabeth (nee Sheparski) Schloen; she graduated | 7 | | from Lucy Flower Technical High School in Chicago; she married | 8 | | William Frederick Merriman on February 14, 1942; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Merriman worked for Avon Products in Morton | 10 | | Grove and United Airlines in Elk Grove; she was the first | 11 | | female to be voted President of a school board in the State of | 12 | | Illinois; she spent many hours as a volunteer with the | 13 | | Salvation Army and other volunteer programs; her most extensive | 14 | | volunteerism was at Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Merriman enjoyed traveling throughout the | 16 | | world; she was actively involved in the Girl Scouts and | 17 | | parent-teachers association; as a young girl, she was a member | 18 | | of Job's Daughters Masonic organization at Myrtle Masonic | 19 | | Temple in Chicago; as an adult, she became the Guardian and | 20 | | then Deputy Grand Guardian of that organization; she was also a | 21 | | member of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than 70 years; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Merriman was preceded in death by her parents | 2 | | and her husband; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Merriman is survived by her sister, Eleanor | 4 | | Schloen Anderson; her 3 children, Steven Charles (Arlene) | 5 | | Merriman, Sue Carole (Dale) Strang, and William Glen (Bonnie) | 6 | | Merriman; her grandchildren, Deanna Grivetti, Melissa Blunk, | 7 | | Jennifer Burdick, Tim Merriman, Stephanie Merriman, Kevin | 8 | | Merriman, Christopher Merriman, and Amanda Merriman; her | 9 | | great-grandchildren, Elizabeth Grivetti, Sarah Grivetti, Leah | 10 | | Grivetti, Hannah Grivetti, and Bailey Merriman; her nephews, | 11 | | Andrew Anderson and Laurence (Diane) Anderson; and her niece, | 12 | | Nancy (Robert) Hoffman; 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 | | Ruth E. Merriman, 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 Ruth Merriman as an expression of | 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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