Bill Text: IL SR0887 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Althea M. Walkington of Ringwood.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0887 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SR0887-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Althea M. Walkington of Ringwood, who
passed away on August 14, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was born in Avoca, Wisconsin to
Edwin and Ida Benoy on July 28, 1920; after her mother's death,
her father moved his family from Wisconsin to a dairy farm on
Howe Road in Greenwood Township, McHenry County; she received
her elementary education in the one-room Howe School and then
graduated from Woodstock High School in 1938; she married Paul
Walkington in 1939; and
WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was known by many from her years
of selling Dutch Maid clothing at home parties; she then worked
as a clerk in the Ringwood Post Office; she was one of the
original members of The Citizens for Ringwood Organization,
which successfully petitioned the state legislature to create
legislation that would allow small communities of under 500
citizens to become incorporated; she worked tirelessly by
knocking on doors and obtaining signatures on petitions that
promoted the referendum for incorporation; and
WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was an active member of the
Ringwood United Methodist Church, which was the center of the

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spiritual, social, and community service that encompassed her
life; she was the leader of The Ringwood Sunshine Girls 4H
Club, where she taught generations of young women how to sew
and do needle work; and
WHEREAS, Althea Walkington and her husband followed their
dream and built a cabin on Legend Lake near Shawano, Wisconsin;
the cabin quickly became the gathering spot for family and
church functions and for friends who were invited to spend a
weekend at the lake; and
WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was preceded in death by her
parents; her husband; her brothers, Darrel, Harry, Glen,
Wilbur, Raymond, and Alvin; her sisters, Alice (Vincent) Moan
and Arlene (Ray) Wilcox; and
WHEREAS, Althea Walkington is survived by her children, Jay
(Jan) Walkington, Ida Mae (Clarence) Adams, Tom (Maya)
Walkington, and Lee Walkington; her grandchildren, Doug (Kim),
Chad, Tanya, and Lincoln (Courtney) Adams, Jolie (Steve)
Galovich, and Karen (Gary) McDowell; and her eleven
great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
Althea M. Walkington, and extend our sincere condolences to her

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family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Althea Walkington as an expression
of our deepest sympathy.