Bill Text: IL SR0150 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Katharine W. Hoffman of Arlington Heights.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR0150 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0150-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 Katharine W. Hoffman of Arlington | ||||||
| 4 | Heights, who passed away on March 24, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She was born on September 13, 1954, in Ocala, | ||||||
| 6 | Florida, to Randolph St. George and Eleanor Hummel Walker; she | ||||||
| 7 | grew up on Long Island, New York; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, As a young girl, she learned to play the piano, | ||||||
| 9 | was a disciplined student, and always wanted to become a | ||||||
| 10 | teacher; she attended the University of Miami in Florida, where | ||||||
| 11 | she soon met Dick, the love of her life; after graduating in | ||||||
| 12 | 1976, the two married and lived in Florida, where Kathy taught | ||||||
| 13 | middle school math; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Kathy and Dick moved to Arlington Heights in 1979, | ||||||
| 15 | and raised two sons, Mike and Steve, with unfading love and | ||||||
| 16 | support; Kathy inspired Steve to play the piano, challenged | ||||||
| 17 | Mike on the golf course, and was Dick's "admiral" when boating | ||||||
| 18 | on Lake Michigan; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, She loved to teach; from teaching her stuffed | ||||||
| 20 | animals to read and write as a little girl to earning "Teacher | ||||||
| 21 | of the Year" at Safety Harbor Middle School, one of Kathy's | ||||||
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| 1 | driving passions in life was helping kids learn; she also loved | ||||||
| 2 | music, enjoyed musical theater, her iPod playlists, and most of | ||||||
| 3 | all, the feelings she found when playing her piano; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her | ||||||
| 5 | brother, Duffy Walker; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Katharine Hoffman is survived by her husband of 35 | ||||||
| 7 | years, Dick; and her two sons, Mike and Steve; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 10 | her family and friends, the passing of Katharine Hoffman; and | ||||||
| 11 | be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Katharine Hoffman as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 14 | sincere sympathy.
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