Bill Text: IL SR0505 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Joan T. Nielsen of Joliet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0505 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0505-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 Joan T. Nielsen of Joliet, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on May 29, 2019; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen was born and raised in Joliet; she | ||||||
6 | graduated from St. Francis Academy in 1946; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen enjoyed volunteering in the surgical | ||||||
8 | wing at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center; she was a member of | ||||||
9 | the Secular Franciscan Order O.F.S., the Catholic Women's | ||||||
10 | League, the Fraternity of St. Anthony, the Paulites, and the | ||||||
11 | Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus; she attended St. Paul the | ||||||
12 | Apostle Catholic Church; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen was a longtime Lockport resident | ||||||
14 | before relocating back to Joliet in 1998; she was a prayerful, | ||||||
15 | mediative person who always thought of the needs of others | ||||||
16 | before her own while in prayer; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen was preceded by her husband, Herluf | ||||||
18 | R. "Bob" Nielsen Jr.; her son, Robert William Nielsen; her | ||||||
19 | parents, William and Mary (Callaghan) Burt; her sister, Marilyn | ||||||
20 | Long; and her brother, William (Phyllis) Burt; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Joan Nielsen is survived by her daughters, Jeanne | ||||||
2 | (Jack) Phelan, Eileen (Larry) Whitgrove, and Annette (Dennis) | ||||||
3 | Berman; her sons, Thomas (Candy) and James (Noreen) Nielsen; | ||||||
4 | her grandchildren, Brian (Tricia) Phelan, John (Blanca) | ||||||
5 | Phelan, Elizabeth (Jason) Schaedel, Larry Whitgrove, Annie | ||||||
6 | Whitgrove, Danielle (Matthew) Sheehy, Mari (Thomas) Cerven, | ||||||
7 | Erin (Ryan Killian) Berman, Brendan Nielsen, Christian | ||||||
8 | Nielsen, Colin Nielsen, Haley Nielsen, and Dylan Nielsen; her | ||||||
9 | great-grandchildren, Tyler, Kendall, Jordan, Devin, Sophia, | ||||||
10 | Johnny, Anthony, Colten, Francesca, Cristiano, and Thomas; and | ||||||
11 | a very special brother-in-law, Robert Long; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
14 | Joan T. Nielsen and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
15 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
16 | further
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17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the family of Joan Nielsen as an expression of our | ||||||
19 | deepest sympathy.
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