Bill Text: IL SR0737 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Ellen Marie Goodner Russell of Danville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-02-10 - Resolution Adopted [SR0737 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0737-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Ellen Marie Goodner Russell of | ||||||
4 | Danville, who passed away on December 25, 2021; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Ellen Russell was born to Gene "Buck" and Mary | ||||||
6 | Clearwater Goodner in Danville on October 21, 1956; she | ||||||
7 | received her nursing education from what is now the University | ||||||
8 | of Indianapolis; she married Jim Russell in Danville on June | ||||||
9 | 28, 1992; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Ellen Russell was a registered nurse; over the | ||||||
11 | course of her career, she did almost every job in the nursing | ||||||
12 | field except teaching; she was noted by coworkers for serving | ||||||
13 | patients with compassion, integrity, and honesty and was | ||||||
14 | especially skilled when dealing with difficult cases or | ||||||
15 | questions; she began her distinguished career serving the | ||||||
16 | disabled residents of Danville Manor and area veterans through | ||||||
17 | the VA Illiana Healthcare System and retired as a nurse case | ||||||
18 | manager from OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Ellen Russell and her husband enjoyed traveling | ||||||
20 | in recent years; she especially loved going to the beach with | ||||||
21 | her granddaughters; she also enjoyed hosting large family | ||||||
22 | gatherings at her home; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Ellen Russell was preceded in death by her | ||||||
2 | parents and her older sister, Becky Chambliss; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Ellen Russell is survived by her husband, Jim; | ||||||
4 | her stepsons, Brad (Kami) and Brian (Becky); her | ||||||
5 | granddaughters, Jeanna, Jillian, Mackenzie, Macie, and Morgan; | ||||||
6 | her Goodner brothers, John (Linda), Jeff (Teresa), Steve | ||||||
7 | (Sara), and Scott (Barb); her chosen sisters, Gale Defenbaugh, | ||||||
8 | Bess Huls, Sharon Detamore, and Barb Calvin; her special | ||||||
9 | cousin, Lu Ann Picklap; and her large extended family; | ||||||
10 | therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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13 | Ellen Marie Goodner Russell and extend our sincere
condolences | ||||||
14 | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be | ||||||
15 | it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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17 | presented to the family of Ellen Russell as an expression of
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18 | our deepest sympathy.
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