Bill Text: IL SR0186 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joanne Fought of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0186 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0186-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 Joanne "Della" Fought of Peoria, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on February 19, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joanne Fought was born in Denver, Colorado on | ||||||
6 | October 27, 1931 to William and Grace Hoagland; she married | ||||||
7 | John "Jack" Fought in Denver on August 4, 1951; they settled in | ||||||
8 | Peoria in 1969; she earned her master's degree in library | ||||||
9 | science from the University of Illinois in 1974; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Joanne Fought worked as a librarian at Trewyn K-8 | ||||||
11 | School and Illinois Community College, retiring in 1988; she | ||||||
12 | also created a library at the Peoria County Jail and founded | ||||||
13 | the Alpha Park Library in Bartonville; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Joanne Fought was active in many community | ||||||
15 | organizations, including Common Place and the Center for | ||||||
16 | Prevention of Abuse; along with her husband, she ran the | ||||||
17 | Community Word newspaper for many years; she was a leader at | ||||||
18 | the Universalist Unitarian Church, serving as President of the | ||||||
19 | Board and as Chair of Social Action; she also served with 2 | ||||||
20 | ministerial search committees, the Building Committee, the | ||||||
21 | Women's Fellowship, and Women in Religion, as well as with | ||||||
22 | district and national groups; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Joanne Fought was preceded in death by her | ||||||
2 | husband, Jack; her sons, John and Jeff; and her grandson, Bryan | ||||||
3 | Fought; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Joanne Fought is survived by her son, Jason; | ||||||
5 | therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
8 | Joanne "Della" Fought, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
9 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; 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 Joanne Fought as an expression of | ||||||
13 | our deepest sympathy.
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