Bill Text: IL SR0065 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Avril Marie "Babe" Baker of Joliet.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Resolution Adopted [SR0065 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0065-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 Avril Marie "Babe" Baker of Joliet, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on February 4, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She was born on November 17, 1930, the daughter of | ||||||
| 6 | the late Armstrong "Bud" and Hazel Hile; she graduated from St. | ||||||
| 7 | Francis Academy; in 1953, she met Dick Baker, a United States | ||||||
| 8 | Marine who had served in Korea; she and Dick were married at | ||||||
| 9 | the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus Parish in Joliet on | ||||||
| 10 | October 9, 1954; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, She was always happiest when in the presence of | ||||||
| 12 | her family; for years, she and her husband assembled the Murphy | ||||||
| 13 | Acres Munchkins for backyard Fourth of July and Labor Day | ||||||
| 14 | celebrations; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, She helped rescue and serve countless abused and | ||||||
| 16 | abandoned animals; she was one of the founding members of the | ||||||
| 17 | Will County Humane Society, and served on its Board of | ||||||
| 18 | Directors for more than forty years; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her son, Greg; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Avril Baker is survived by her beloved husband, | ||||||
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| 1 | Dick; their three devoted sons, Mark (Denise) Baker, Fr. Brad | ||||||
| 2 | Baker, and Todd (Kim) Baker; their daughter-in-law, Beth Baker; | ||||||
| 3 | her three grandchildren, Richard Baker, and Bryan and Brianna | ||||||
| 4 | Baker; her sister, Marilyn (late Don) Stein; her brother, Larry | ||||||
| 5 | (Evelyn) Hile; and she was a devoted aunt to many nephews and | ||||||
| 6 | nieces; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 9 | her family and friends, the passing of Avril Baker; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Avril Baker as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 13 | sincere sympathy.
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