Bill Text: IL SR1058 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Henrietta Pigg of Lake Forest.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR1058 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SR1058-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Henrietta Pigg of Lake Forest, who passed
away on September 25, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Henrietta Pigg was born in Butler, Pennsylvania to
Oliver Herman LaBernz and Sarah Agnes Logan on April 28, 1927;
she graduated from Butler High School in 1944; during high
school, her talents as a pianist were recognized, and she was
selected to participate in a program sponsored by the Hammond
Organ Company; following high school, she attended Westminster
College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania and then enrolled in
nursing school at Allegheny General Hospital; she graduated
with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing in 1949; she married Edgar
Woolard Pigg Sr. in October of 1952; and
WHEREAS, Henrietta Pigg began her nursing career in the
Emergency Room at Allegheny General Hospital; she also worked
as an Assistant Nursing Arts Instructor; after suspending her
nursing career to focus on raising her children, she joined
Westmoreland Obstetrics and Gynecology, where she worked until
her retirement in 1999; and
WHEREAS, Henrietta Pigg was active in her church, Grace
United Methodist Church, and was a member of the United

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Methodist Women Circle and The Questers; her talents for
accompanying the choir and other musicians led to her
appointment as church organist, where she served nearly every
Sunday for over 40 years; she loved playing the organ and piano
for the choir, and she tirelessly promoted the music ministry
at Grace; she also played for the vesper services for residents
at Westmoreland and Lake Forest Place; and
WHEREAS, Henrietta Pigg volunteered for the Lake Bluff
Garden Club; she was a Paul Harris Fellow and remained active
in Rotary International until her death; she always had a sense
of humor about her name and was an avid collector of anything
porcine; and
WHEREAS, Henrietta Pigg was preceded in death by her
husband, Edgar Pigg Sr.; and her sister, Katherine LaBernz
Wightman; and
WHEREAS, Henrietta Pigg is survived by her children,
Katherine Pigg (Fred III) Boebel, Edgar Woolard (Barbara)
Hammond, and David Oliver (Marguerite Welter) Pigg; her
grandchildren, Fred IV and Katherine Grace Boebel, Carolyn and
Robert Hammond, and David Jr. and Emma Pigg; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

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Henrietta Pigg and extend our sincere condolences to her
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 Henrietta Pigg as an expression of
our deepest sympathy.