Bill Text: IL SR0788 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Judith A. Dallas of Granite City.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR0788 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0788-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 Judith A. "Judy" Dallas of Granite City, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on July 31, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Judith Dallas was born in Granite City to Henry | ||||||
6 | and Ann (Stajduhar) Pieper on August 19, 1950; she married | ||||||
7 | William A. "Bill" Dallas Jr. at the former St. Joseph Catholic | ||||||
8 | Church in Granite City on September 15, 1973; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Judith Dallas was a 44-year veteran of law | ||||||
10 | enforcement and the criminal justice community, with 29 years | ||||||
11 | at Madison County; her career started with the Granite City | ||||||
12 | Police Department; she served as a detective secretary and | ||||||
13 | chief's secretary before taking a job as a senior | ||||||
14 | administrative assistant with the county's probation | ||||||
15 | department in 1988; a year after she started working for the | ||||||
16 | county she graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from | ||||||
17 | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; she worked her way | ||||||
18 | up through the ranks, serving as supervisor, deputy chief, and | ||||||
19 | chief probation officer; on March 14, 2008, she was named the | ||||||
20 | first female director of the probation department; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Judith Dallas was a member of the Illinois | ||||||
22 | Probation and Court Services Association, which awarded her the |
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1 | prestigious Illinois Probation and Court Services | ||||||
2 | Association's Pauline Gansauer Award in 2002; she was a former | ||||||
3 | member of the American Probation and Parole Association; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Judith Dallas was a member of St. Mary Catholic | ||||||
5 | Church in Madison; she was an avid reader, had a special love | ||||||
6 | for animals, and enjoyed flowers and her garden; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Judith Dallas was preceded in death by her parents | ||||||
8 | and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, William Sr. and Irene | ||||||
9 | Dallas; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Judith Dallas is survived by her husband of 44 | ||||||
11 | years, William; her brothers, Lawrence (Mary) Pieper and John | ||||||
12 | (Sheree) Pieper; her sister, Victoria (Kerry) Bundy; her | ||||||
13 | brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Thomas and Jessica Dallas; | ||||||
14 | her sister-in-law, Roberta "Bobbie" Dallas; her godson and | ||||||
15 | nephew, Jonathan Bundy; her nieces and nephews, Olivia Dallas, | ||||||
16 | Margaret Dallas, Megan Dallas, Thomas "J.J." Dallas, and | ||||||
17 | Melissa McCullouch; her aunts, Juanita James and Mary Pieper; | ||||||
18 | her special friends, Glenda and Steve Bowker; and many cousins, | ||||||
19 | extended family, colleagues, and cherished friends; therefore, | ||||||
20 | be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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1 | Judith A. "Judy" Dallas, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
2 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
3 | further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to the family of Judith Dallas as an expression of | ||||||
6 | our deepest sympathy.
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