Bill Text: IL SR0856 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Barbara Adkins of Batavia, Illinois.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-11-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0856 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0856-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | ||||||
| 3 | saddened to learn of the death of Barbara Adkins of Batavia, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on July 3, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Barbara Adkins was born in Crouse-Irving Hospital | ||||||
| 6 | in Syracuse, New York, on April 23, 1928; she attended high | ||||||
| 7 | school in Rantoul, Illinois, graduated from Illinois State | ||||||
| 8 | Normal University in August 1948, and briefly taught in Malden, | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois; she married Don Adkins in August 1950; she earned her | ||||||
| 10 | Masters from the State University of New York at Buffalo in | ||||||
| 11 | 1966; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Barbara Adkins joined the School District 129 | ||||||
| 13 | teaching staff in 1960, and taught mathematics at Jefferson, | ||||||
| 14 | Washington, and North Campus, until she retired as the Chair of | ||||||
| 15 | the Mathematics Department at West Aurora High School in 1992; | ||||||
| 16 | she also taught evening classes in mathematics at Aurora | ||||||
| 17 | University; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Barbara Adkins was involved in many book clubs | ||||||
| 19 | over the years, including AAUW and the Minerva Coterie; she was | ||||||
| 20 | actively involved for many years in the Aurora Education | ||||||
| 21 | Association; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Barbara Adkins was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 2 | husband, Don and her son, Gerard Joseph Adkins; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Barbara Adkins is survived by her children, | ||||||
| 4 | Catherine Lynn (Ret. Admiral Rick) Ruehe, Charles Donald | ||||||
| 5 | (Marianne Linn) Adkins, and William Francis (Mary Ellen) | ||||||
| 6 | Adkins; and her grandchildren, Emily (Andrew) Ruehe Puckett and | ||||||
| 7 | Eric Lyons (Amita Sung) Ruehe; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 9 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 10 | Barbara Adkins, and we extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 11 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | ||||||
| 15 | sympathy.
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