Bill Text: IL SR0179 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Dorothy A. Yellen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0179 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0179-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 Dorothy A. (nee Hammel) Yellen, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on January 31, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on | ||||||
6 | April 17, 1924 to Elise and Harry Hammel; she attended the | ||||||
7 | University of Wisconsin; during World War II, she worked as a | ||||||
8 | nurse's aide at a veteran's hospital in the Hyde Park | ||||||
9 | neighborhood; she married Morris Yellen on July 7, 1945; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen worked as a salesperson of men's | ||||||
11 | clothing at several Waukegan stores; she also helped take the | ||||||
12 | United States Census every 10 years; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen was an avid sports fan and enjoyed | ||||||
14 | watching baseball, golf, football, tennis, basketball, and | ||||||
15 | most of all, college basketball; she enjoyed cooking, bridge, | ||||||
16 | mahjong, and the many family dogs that were a lifelong presence | ||||||
17 | in her home; she cherished her close friends from Kenosha, | ||||||
18 | Waukegan, and most recently at Kensington Court in Downers | ||||||
19 | Grove; she was active in the Hadassah and Sisterhood at Temple | ||||||
20 | Am Echod in Waukegan; she was lovingly known to her family as | ||||||
21 | "Grandma Doll", or simply "Doll"; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen was preceded in death by her | ||||||
2 | husband of 68 years, Morris; her parents; and her brother, | ||||||
3 | Philip; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Dorothy Yellen is survived by her children, Marlo | ||||||
5 | (Larry) Beeman, Jeffrey (John Yallech) Yellen, Larry (Susan) | ||||||
6 | Yellen, Harlene (William) Murry, and Julie (Steve) Arshop; she | ||||||
7 | was the adoring grandmother of David Beeman, Maggie | ||||||
8 | Fisher-Yellen, Elise and Emma Murry, and Sammy Arshop; | ||||||
9 | therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Dorothy A. Yellen, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
14 | further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Dorothy Yellen as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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