Bill Text: IL SR0411 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Sally Page of Peoria.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-11-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0411 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0411-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Sally Page of Peoria, who passed away on
October 15, 2011; and
WHEREAS, She had founding roles at Lakeview Museum, Planned
Parenthood, the Arts and Sciences Council, the Human Service
Center, and other central Illinois agencies and institutions;
her community leadership spanned 7 decades, from her work
during World War II to establish the Central Volunteer Bureau
to her passionate support for the Riverfront Museum; and
WHEREAS, She chaired the Lakeview Museum council's museum
committee, led the fund drive, was president when Lakeview
opened in 1965 and 13 years later led the fund drive to expand
the museum; 4 decades after groundbreaking for the museum, she
was happy to be present when the development agreement for the
new Riverfront Museum was signed; and
WHEREAS, She also treasured the collaboration that merged 4
mental health and addiction-related organizations into the
Human Service Center in 1976; as president of the Comprehensive
Mental Health Board in the early 1970s, she understood that
many needing mental health treatment suffered related
problems, such as addiction, and would fare better if cared for

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under one roof; in 1986, the Human Service Center named its
counseling family home after her; and
WHEREAS, She was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 29,
1917, to Justus and Hildegard Kirby and grew up in Los Angeles;
she graduated from Smith College and married Ted Page in 1939;
and
WHEREAS, While her husband served in World War II, she
helped fill in the gaps on the home front by organizing and
presiding over the Central Volunteer Bureau, the first of its
kind in Peoria; she championed the establishment of a Planned
Parenthood chapter in Peoria in the 1950s; in 1968, when a
busing program was put in place to desegregate District 150
schools, she led an effort to enlist volunteer tutors to help
struggling students in their new schools; and
WHEREAS, She was also involved in the South Side Mission,
Common Place, the United Way, the Junior League of Peoria, the
Girl Scouts, Illinois Advocates of the Arts, the Lay Ministries
Committee of the Peoria Area Council of Churches, and the First
Baptist Church of Peoria, where she was a 72-year member; and
WHEREAS, In 1978, she was among 11 recipients statewide of
the inaugural Governors Award for the Arts; among her other
awards was the YWCA Legend Award; she and her husband were the

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first husband and wife team to be named Citizen of the Year by
B'nai B'rith in 1979; and
WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted; and
WHEREAS, Sally Page is survived by her children, Sally
Snyder, Ted (Sally) Barrett-Page, and Susan (John) Miller; her
10 grandchildren; and her 11 great-grandchildren; therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
her family and friends, the passing of Sally Page; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Sally Page as a symbol of our
sincere sympathy.