Full Text of SR0741 93rd General Assembly
SR0741 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Mary Jane Hobson Wessell of | 4 |
| Des Plaines on Tuesday, August 24, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Wessell spent her childhood in Roodhouse, | 6 |
| where she lived with her parents and older brother on a farm; | 7 |
| her father took a job with the EJ&E Railroad and they moved | 8 |
| throughout the State before settling in Joliet; following high | 9 |
| school, she attended Lake Forest College, where she met her | 10 |
| husband, Richard Wessell; and
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| WHEREAS, When she and Richard met, they had the same goal - | 12 |
| to own a newspaper; shortly after they married in the 1940s, | 13 |
| they turned their dream into a reality by purchasing the Des | 14 |
| Plaines Journal; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Wessell held numerous positions in the | 16 |
| business; she was editor of the social page for many years | 17 |
| before its title changed to the family section and then became | 18 |
| the lifestyle section; she was also head bookkeeper and travel | 19 |
| editor; she would often work six days a week at the paper, but | 20 |
| found time to be a member of the Ladies of the Elks and to teach | 21 |
| Sunday school at First Methodist Church of Des Plaines; and
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| WHEREAS, As a result of her work as the travel editor and | 23 |
| her stories about her travels, Mrs. Wessell was invited to join | 24 |
| two premiere travel writing organizations, the Society of | 25 |
| American Travel Writers and Midwest Travel Writers | 26 |
| Association; throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she traveled | 27 |
| around the world, visiting places such as Hong Kong, Paris, and | 28 |
| Scandinavia; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mrs. Wessell has been deeply felt | 30 |
| by many, especially her children, Stephen, Todd (Carolyn), |
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| Richard Jr., Robert (Melanie), Shelby (Walter) Bogdan, and | 2 |
| Christian (Patrick) Geoghegan; and her grandchildren, Emily, | 3 |
| Tom, Erin, Katie, Danny, Taylor, Elliott, Josh, Zach, Amanda, | 4 |
| Adam, Flannery, and Cassidy; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Mary Jane Hobson Wessell, and we extend our sincere condolences | 8 |
| to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Mrs. Wessell as an expression of our | 12 |
| deepest sympathy.
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