Bill Text: IL SR0121 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Virginia Metze of Oakwood.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-03-06 - Resolution Adopted [SR0121 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SR0121-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Virginia Metze of Oakwood, who passed
away on February 7, 2009; and
WHEREAS, Virginia Metze was born on February 8, 1934 in
Argenta; her parents were Ford Campbell and Grace (Campbell)
Phegley; she married Gernot Metze on July 13, 1962; and
WHEREAS, Virginia Metze earned her Juris Doctor from the
University of Illinois in 1976; and
WHEREAS, Virginia Metze was retired as the Director of the
Computer Center at the Materials Research Laboratory at the
University of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Virginia Metze was an active member of her
community; she supported numerous causes, including the
University of Illinois Law School, the American Constitutional
Society, the ACLU, Common Cause, the Bill of Rights Defense
Committee, the Americans United for Separation of Church and
State, the Human Society of the United States, the ASPCA, the
Union of Concerned Scientists, Amnesty International, NARAL,
the Nature Conservancy, the Sierra Club, the Wilderness
Society, and Eco Partners, among many others; and

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WHEREAS, Virginia Metze enjoyed politics, computers, cats
and dogs, cooking, reading, beading, knitting, and weaving; she
also desired to write a mystery novel set in a university
laboratory; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
her family and friends, the passing of Virginia Metze; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Virginia Metze as an expression of
our sympathy.