Bill Text: IL SR0016 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jean K. Wehrli.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0016 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0016-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Jean K. Wehrli, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 12, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jean Wehrli was born to Judge Win and Irene Knoch | ||||||
| 6 | on December 6, 1928; she attended Saints Peter and Paul Grade | ||||||
| 7 | School and Naperville High School, where she graduated in 1946; | ||||||
| 8 | she attended the College of Saint Teresa in Winona, Minnesota, | ||||||
| 9 | and completed her studies at the University of Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | Urbana-Champaign, where she was a member of the Kappa Delta | ||||||
| 11 | Sorority, Sigma Omicron Chapter; she married Don Wehrli on | ||||||
| 12 | April 19, 1952; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Jean Wehrli taught high school English in Forrest; | ||||||
| 14 | she then returned to Naperville, where she was a proofreader at | ||||||
| 15 | Argonne National Laboratory; she later served on the first | ||||||
| 16 | Naperville Arts Commission and the Naperville Park District | ||||||
| 17 | Skateboard Park Committee; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Jean Wehrli enjoyed photography, reading, garage | ||||||
| 19 | and estate sales, lectures and concerts, outings, and her book | ||||||
| 20 | group; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Jean Wehrli was a proud member of the Wehrli | ||||||
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| 1 | Out-Laws, which included Lorraine (Bob), Bev (Bob), Wally | ||||||
| 2 | (Marge), Ginny (Jim), Bettye (Jim), Dorothy (Joe), Calista, | ||||||
| 3 | Audra (Mike), Bob (Jean), Virginia (John "Harp"), Joe (Joyce), | ||||||
| 4 | Judy (Dick), Jerry (Carol), and Bob (Ann); she was a | ||||||
| 5 | thoughtfully prepared participant in Grandma (Gertrude) | ||||||
| 6 | Wehrli's annual family beach picnics and Christmas Eve parties; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Jean Wehrli was preceded in death by her parents | ||||||
| 9 | and her husband, Don Wehrli; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jean Wehrli is survived by her sisters, Marjorie | ||||||
| 11 | Knoch Schaller, Doris Knoch Wood, and Joanne (Jim) Knoch | ||||||
| 12 | Strong; her children, Mary Lou (Herb), Win (Deborah), Fred | ||||||
| 13 | (Anne), Jill, Francie, Annette, and Illinois State | ||||||
| 14 | Representative Grant (Sharon); her grandchildren, Sarah, Megan | ||||||
| 15 | (Travis), Lauren (Josh), Michelle (Aaron), Dana, Michael | ||||||
| 16 | (Colleen), Austin, Elizabeth, Kayla, Colette, Jack, Jake, Joe, | ||||||
| 17 | and Luke; and her great-grandchildren, Emma, Benjamin, and | ||||||
| 18 | Harper; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 21 | Jean K. Wehrli, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 22 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 23 | further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Jean Wehrli as an expression of our | ||||||
| 3 | deepest sympathy.
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