Full Text of SR0591 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 Penny Miller of Sarasota, Florida, | 4 | | formerly of Evanston, who passed away on July 13, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Penny Miller was born in Millerville, Minnesota to | 6 | | Roman and Crescentia (Wilken) Miller in 1943; she graduated | 7 | | from Waukegan Township High School; she attended Loyola | 8 | | University in Rome, Italy and graduated from Marquette | 9 | | University; she received her master's degree from Northern | 10 | | Illinois University; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Penny Miller was a dedicated teacher and mentor | 12 | | during her 36-year teaching career at West Elementary and | 13 | | Washington Elementary Schools in Waukegan; she served as a | 14 | | Union Representative and earned a Teacher of the Year Award; | 15 | | she was a member of the Lake County Retired Teachers | 16 | | Association and the Illinois Retired Teachers Association; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Penny Miller was active in several organizations, | 18 | | including the Evanston Housing Commission, the Southeast | 19 | | Evanston Association, and the Evanston Property Owners | 20 | | Association; in the early 1980s, she and Ashraf received an | 21 | | Evanston Preservation Award for the rehabilitation of a | 22 | | condemned house; a proud feminist, she was a founding member of |
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| 1 | | the Waukegan Chapter of the National Organization for Women; | 2 | | she was also a member of the Jane Collective in the early | 3 | | 1970s; she enjoyed traveling, learning, reading, trying to | 4 | | golf, retirement, her family, and her friends, especially the | 5 | | Grapes; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Penny Miller was preceded in death by her parents; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Penny Miller is survived by her partner, Richard | 9 | | Hershman; her brothers, Michael (Patricia Berry) Miller and | 10 | | Jonathan Miller; her nieces and nephews, Stacy Mahoney, Nicole | 11 | | Miller, and Ed Stevenson; her great-nieces and great-nephews, | 12 | | Lily, Susie, and Margee Mahoney and Brendon, Alex, Nate, and | 13 | | Carly Crescentia Stevenson; her former husband, Ashraf Manji; | 14 | | and many friends and relatives; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 | | Penny Miller and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Penny Miller as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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