Full Text of SR0462 101st 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 Karen Ard on October 19, 2018 at the age | 4 | | of 79; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard (Eggers) was born on September 15, 1939; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard was referred to as a Renaissance woman, | 8 | | as she enjoyed playing the piano and the cello and joined the | 9 | | local orchestra for its annual production of the Messiah; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard volunteered at the Adler Planetarium, | 11 | | where she built her own telescope and used it to help people | 12 | | learn about the sky; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In her 40s, Karen Ard returned to college and | 14 | | earned a degree in geology, which involved her studying rock | 15 | | samples from Wisconsin under a microscope to determine their | 16 | | composition; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard was involved in community organizing in | 18 | | Maywood, working to ensure integration, building relationships | 19 | | with gang members through outreach at the Cicero Salvation | 20 | | Army, and teaching members to enjoy reading; her success in |
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| 1 | | teaching students who hated reading led her to teach many | 2 | | non-readers to relish in reading, sometimes in only a week; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard loved conversing with people, getting to | 4 | | know them, and discussing social justice, which brought her | 5 | | great pleasure; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard taught second to sixth-grade science for | 7 | | 12 years, engaging with the same students during their | 8 | | elementary school years and getting to know them very well; | 9 | | each year, she had a science fair and guided her students in | 10 | | choosing and mastering a project to present to parents at the | 11 | | fair; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard taught junior college courses in earth | 13 | | science, educating her students on global warming since the | 14 | | 1990s; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard's greatest passion was being a loving | 16 | | mother and wife; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Karen Ard is survived by her husband, Tom; her | 18 | | daughters, Sheri A. Ard and Denise E. Ard; and her brothers, | 19 | | Thomas Eggers and Paul (Anne) Eggers; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 2 | | Karen Ard and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 3 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Karen Ard as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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