Bill Text: IL HR0390 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Anne Weston McGowan.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0390 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0390-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Anne | ||||||
| 4 | Weston McGowan, who passed away on March 7, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan was born on August 12, 1937 in | ||||||
| 6 | Brooklyn, New York; she was the only child of Harold and | ||||||
| 7 | Frances Weston; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan attended Middlebury College as a | ||||||
| 9 | young woman in 1955; she subsequently graduated from Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | Wesleyan University with a Bachelor's Degree in English | ||||||
| 11 | Literature in 1976; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan married James Denise McGowan on July | ||||||
| 13 | 3, 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Jim McGowan, a former | ||||||
| 14 | professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, predeceased her by | ||||||
| 15 | one year to the day; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan was survived by 3 children and 3 | ||||||
| 17 | grandsons; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan was an active and dedicated volunteer | ||||||
| 19 | in the non-profit organization formerly known as Operation | ||||||
| 20 | Recycle since its inception, beginning her service during a | ||||||
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| 1 | one-day recycling drive in 1971; Operation Recycle created and | ||||||
| 2 | then provided recycling services to the Bloomington and Normal | ||||||
| 3 | community for over 2 decades until the assumption of this role | ||||||
| 4 | by municipal agencies; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan worked to educate local school | ||||||
| 6 | children and adults about the importance of recycling; she led | ||||||
| 7 | these efforts as the first Director of the Ecology Action | ||||||
| 8 | Center, the non-profit environmental agency that evolved from | ||||||
| 9 | Operation Recycle; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Anne McGowan demonstrated passion, dedication, | ||||||
| 11 | and leadership in McLean County by inspiring generations of | ||||||
| 12 | McLean County residents to act as proper stewards of our | ||||||
| 13 | environment and our natural resources; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 16 | mourn the passing of Anne Weston McGowan, recognize her | ||||||
| 17 | remarkable career and significant efforts to improve her local | ||||||
| 18 | environment, and express our eternal appreciation for her | ||||||
| 19 | dedication in service to the McLean County community; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to the family of Anne McGowan as an expression of our | ||||||
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| 1 | deepest sympathy.
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