Bill Text: IL SR0963 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Olive Mobed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0963 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0963-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 Olive Mobed, who passed away on May | ||||||
4 | 17, 2021 at the age of 96; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed and her twin brother were born in | ||||||
6 | Coventry, England on December 24, 1924; and
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7 | WHEREAS, After the Second World War, Olive Mobed graduated | ||||||
8 | from nursing school and then specialized in both eye care and | ||||||
9 | midwifery; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed started her nursing career in | ||||||
11 | Birmingham, London and soon moved to Iran to teach midwifery | ||||||
12 | as a member of the World Health Organization; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In Iran, Olive Mobed met and married her husband, | ||||||
14 | Jehangir (John) Mobed; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed and her husband moved to the United | ||||||
16 | States in 1963, where she worked as a nurse in the obstetrics | ||||||
17 | departments of hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts, Washington | ||||||
18 | D.C., and Jacksonville, Florida, before settling in River | ||||||
19 | Forest in 1969; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed continued her career as a nurse at | ||||||
2 | West Suburban Hospital until her retirement in 1986 and | ||||||
3 | continued to serve as a volunteer for 20 years; and
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4 | WHEREAS, As an adventurous traveler, Olive Mobed toured | ||||||
5 | much of Europe as well as more exotic locales, including Egypt | ||||||
6 | and Nepal; in addition to experiencing new cultures, she was | ||||||
7 | an avid reader, tennis player, and pianist; and
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8 | WHEREAS, As an active member of the community, Olive Mobed | ||||||
9 | contributed to a local charity group that supported the | ||||||
10 | British Home and was a member of the Berean Bible Students | ||||||
11 | Church in Lombard and later First Presbyterian Church of River | ||||||
12 | Forest; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Olive Mobed is survived by her three children, | ||||||
14 | Parvine MacDonald and her husband, Mark, Sue Arends and her | ||||||
15 | husband, Dan, and Jim Mobed and his wife, Henrike; her eight | ||||||
16 | grandchildren; and one great-grandson; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
19 | Olive Mobed and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
20 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the family of Olive Mobed as an expression of our | ||||||
2 | deepest sympathy.
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