Bill Text: IL HR0877 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Laurel Susan Bault.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR0877 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0877-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 Laurel | ||||||
| 4 | Susan Bault of Elgin, who passed away on May 17, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was born in Champaign to Lloyd James | ||||||
| 6 | and Mae (Hall) McKenzie on December 13, 1957; she grew up in | ||||||
| 7 | Ottawa; she attended Northern Illinois University; she married | ||||||
| 8 | Kyle Bault on September 12, 1981; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was employed by Elgin District U-46 | ||||||
| 10 | as a parent liaison for Garfield Elementary School and as an | ||||||
| 11 | AVID (Advanced via Individual Determination) coordinator at | ||||||
| 12 | Tefft Middle School; she ran for public office in 2006; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was deeply involved in the Elgin | ||||||
| 14 | community, where she served as a Girl Scout leader, a volunteer | ||||||
| 15 | for the American Little League, and an organizer of the annual | ||||||
| 16 | Elgin CROP Walk; she served on the Citizen's Advisory Council | ||||||
| 17 | for Elgin District U-46; she was the education chairman for the | ||||||
| 18 | League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area; she was on the board | ||||||
| 19 | of the Dupage United and Fox River Valley Initiative, | ||||||
| 20 | supporting a low income, affordable housing project in Elgin | ||||||
| 21 | (1212 Larkin Project); she received the Marjorie Leonard Award | ||||||
| 22 | for Community Service from the YMCA of Elgin in 2004; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was committed to her faith and was | ||||||
| 2 | baptized at First United Methodist Church in Champaign; she was | ||||||
| 3 | an active member of the Cornerstone United Methodist Church in | ||||||
| 4 | Elgin, where she was a founding board member and treasurer of a | ||||||
| 5 | mission serving the Irechelo Village of Kenya called Into | ||||||
| 6 | Kenya; she was a passionate Chicago Cubs fan; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was known for fighting for social | ||||||
| 8 | justice and supporting the underserved and overlooked in her | ||||||
| 9 | local community; she will be remembered for her countless | ||||||
| 10 | contributions to the Elgin community; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault was preceded in death by her parents, | ||||||
| 12 | Lloyd and Mae McKenzie, and her twin sister, Mary Elizabeth | ||||||
| 13 | McKenzie; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Laurel Bault is survived by her husband, Kyle | ||||||
| 15 | Bault; her children, Jason (Amanda Pinkston) Bault and Erin | ||||||
| 16 | (Silas) Haltom; her sisters, Catherine (David) Eichelkraut, | ||||||
| 17 | Margaret Johnson, and Ellen (Jack) Cress; her sister-in-law, | ||||||
| 18 | Melissa (Marshall) Sayad; and her nieces and nephews, Blake | ||||||
| 19 | (Jaime) Eichelkraut, Emily Eichelkraut, Sarah Clark (Johnson), | ||||||
| 20 | and Scott Cress; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
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| 1 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 2 | we mourn the passing of Laurel Susan Bault and extend our | ||||||
| 3 | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 4 | and loved her; and be it further
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| 5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 6 | presented to the family of Laurel Bault as an expression of our | ||||||
| 7 | deepest sympathy.
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