Full Text of SR0080 97th 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 Janet J. Lehman of Naperville, who passed | 4 | | away on February 13, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born Janet J. Coggins in Lenoir, North | 6 | | Carolina; after graduating from Duke University, she was | 7 | | working as a social worker in North Carolina when her employer | 8 | | sent her to a summer program on alcohol studies at Yale | 9 | | University; there, she met a young minister, Kenneth Lehman, | 10 | | who worked on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, They later realized that their callings were | 12 | | intertwined and within a year were married; after a few years | 13 | | in Montana, the couple moved to Naperville, where in 1960 they | 14 | | co-founded Knox Presbyterian Church; Mrs. Lehman sang in the | 15 | | choir and continued her career in social work; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In 1990, Mrs. Lehman helped create a chapter of | 17 | | the Stephen Ministry at Knox Presbyterian Church, where she | 18 | | trained lay members in providing one-on-one care and counseling | 19 | | to the bereaved, hospitalized, terminally ill, unemployed, and | 20 | | those facing a crisis or life challenge; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, After raising her children, Mrs. Lehman received a |
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| 1 | | master's degree in social work from George Williams College in | 2 | | Downers Grove and soon after began a 10-year career as a school | 3 | | social worker in several area school districts, including | 4 | | Naperville School District 204, as well as districts in | 5 | | Yorkville, Oswego, Sandwich, and Lisle; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In more recent years, she was a marriage counselor | 7 | | and had a private counseling office in Oswego; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Janet Lehman is survived by her husband, Reverend | 9 | | Kenneth Lehman; her son, Michael; her daughters, Ginny Shugert | 10 | | and Tricia Ullestad; and her seven grandchildren; therefore, be | 11 | | it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | her family and friends, the passing of Janet Lehman; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Janet Lehman as a symbol of our | 18 | | sincere sympathy.
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