Bill Text: IL SR0142 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Freda Aron.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0142 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0142-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 Freda Aron; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Freda Aron was born in 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, | ||||||
5 | to Sam and Dora Umansky; at the age of 21, she moved to Chicago | ||||||
6 | for nursing school, where she met and married Dr. Richard F. | ||||||
7 | Aron; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Freda Aron didn't let her later years slow her | ||||||
9 | down; she moved to Utah as a VISTA volunteer at the age of 75, | ||||||
10 | where she practiced nursing on a Navajo reservation; she then | ||||||
11 | moved to Sitka, Alaska, to volunteer in running a shelter for | ||||||
12 | abused women and children; it was in Alaska where she kayaked | ||||||
13 | for the first time at the youthful age of 95; she volunteered | ||||||
14 | as a forest ranger/goodwill ambassador and delighted visitors | ||||||
15 | with stories of the city and her past while in Sitka; she | ||||||
16 | hosted a regular radio program called "Frankie and Freda" where | ||||||
17 | she shared her favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, with her | ||||||
18 | listeners; she enjoyed writing, politics, and chocolate; she | ||||||
19 | wrote regularly for various newspapers and was the editor of | ||||||
20 | SHE, the first local newspaper exclusively for women; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Freda Aron was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
22 | her husband; and her sister, Esther; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Freda Aron is survived by her children, Stan, Len, | ||||||
2 | Cara, and Linda; her daughters-in-law, Brenda and Liz; her | ||||||
3 | grandchildren, Cade (Bari), Victoria, Marisa, and Shauna; and | ||||||
4 | her sister, Millicent; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
7 | Freda Aron, and we extend our deepest condolences to her | ||||||
8 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
9 | further
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10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
11 | presented to the family of Freda Aron as an expression of our | ||||||
12 | deepest sympathy.
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