Bill Text: IL SR0754 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Frances A. Larsen of McHenry.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR0754 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0754-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 Frances A. Larsen of McHenry, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on June 17, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Frances Larsen was born in Hanna, Indiana on April | ||||||
| 6 | 18, 1926 to Calvin and Eva Thomas; she was later adopted by | ||||||
| 7 | Merritt and Alice Metz; she married Otto Larsen on June 30, | ||||||
| 8 | 1951; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Frances Larsen was reported to be the first female | ||||||
| 10 | meter reader in the state of Indiana; she was an Illinois Bell | ||||||
| 11 | phone operator in Champaign-Urbana and customer service | ||||||
| 12 | representative in McHenry until 1962; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Frances Larsen was an avid gardener, cook, and the | ||||||
| 14 | self-proclaimed "Mayor of Riverside Drive"; she served on the | ||||||
| 15 | McHenry District 15 School Board for 13 years and was one of | ||||||
| 16 | the founding members of McHenry's Pigtail League; when she and | ||||||
| 17 | her husband first arrived in McHenry, they were active McHenry | ||||||
| 18 | Little League contributors; she was a member of the McHenry | ||||||
| 19 | County League of Women Voters, the Order of the Eastern Star, | ||||||
| 20 | and the Historical Society; she also volunteered her time with | ||||||
| 21 | P.A.D.S. and was an election judge official for many years; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Frances Larsen was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 2 | husband, Otto; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Frances Larsen is survived by her 3 adopted | ||||||
| 4 | children, Hans (Janet), Fritz, and Greta (Joseph); her | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Emily and Otto Krueger; and her sisters, Mary | ||||||
| 6 | Evers and Lucy Finch; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Frances A. Larsen, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 10 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Frances Larsen as an expression of | ||||||
| 14 | our deepest sympathy.
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