Full Text of SR0550 96th General Assembly
SR0550 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Carole Diane Driscoll of Houston, Texas, | 4 |
| who passed away on November 26, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on November 26, 1941; she grew up in | 6 |
| Houston and graduated from Reagan High School; she married in | 7 |
| 1965 and had three sons, Jim Perdue, Jr., Joe Perdue, and Jeff | 8 |
| Perdue; she then returned to school, earning her degree from | 9 |
| the University of Houston, followed by a Masters in Social | 10 |
| Work; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked at DePelchin and MHMRA for the last 18 | 12 |
| years, and retired in July; she was a founding board member of | 13 |
| Children at Risk, a child advocacy group who honored her with | 14 |
| their Twentieth Year Accolades Award in October; she was active | 15 |
| in the Emergency Aid Coalition, delivering food and services to | 16 |
| the needy; and
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| WHEREAS, She served her faith and her church, St. Paul's | 18 |
| United Methodist Church; she abhorred war and believed | 19 |
| humankind was put on earth to learn love; as an active member | 20 |
| of her church for over 45 years, she taught Sunday School and | 21 |
| the Confirmation Class, helped lead youth and adult Mission | 22 |
| trips, served as the Church Administrative Board Chair, and |
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| Chair of the Wesley Foundation Board; she preached the Sunday | 2 |
| sermon as lay leader and was an active Stephen Minister for the | 3 |
| past 15 years; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Vic Driscoll on November 9, 1996 and | 5 |
| gained two loving daughters, Diane and Elizabeth; and
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| WHEREAS, She leaves six grandsons and two granddaughters | 7 |
| whom she adored, doted over, and filled with love and energy at | 8 |
| every chance; her husband, Vic Driscoll; her daughter, Diane | 9 |
| Hurtado, her husband, Danny, and their daughter, Sylvia; her | 10 |
| daughter, Elizabeth Rainwater, her husband, Ryan, and their | 11 |
| three sons, Reid, Dylan, and Nicolas; her son, Jim M. Perdue, | 12 |
| Jr., his wife Nicole, and their three sons William, John, and | 13 |
| Charles; her son, Joe Perdue, his wife, Kelly, and their | 14 |
| daughter, Samantha; and her son, Jeff Perdue; her close friends | 15 |
| beyond counting; her co-workers; her co-teachers; her mentees; | 16 |
| her Book Club; her Supper Club; her Church Fellows; her world | 17 |
| travel companions; her close compatriots of years; the Pearls, | 18 |
| her girlfriends for over five decades; her legacy of patients | 19 |
| and their families; and her students; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 22 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Carole Driscoll; and be | 23 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Carole Driscoll as a symbol of our | 3 |
| sincere sympathy.
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