Bill Text: IL SR1178 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jean C. Lennon of Joliet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-01-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1178 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR1178-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 Jean C. Lennon of Joliet, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on November 19, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jean Lennon was born in Chicago to Arthur and | ||||||
6 | Alice (Hilbert) Canty on March 20, 1928; she was raised on the | ||||||
7 | south side of Chicago and loved spending her summers at Camp | ||||||
8 | Lake, Wisconsin; she graduated from Little Flower Grade School | ||||||
9 | and Mercy High School in Chicago; she earned her bachelor's | ||||||
10 | degree as an Art and English major from the University of | ||||||
11 | Illinois; she married Colonel Arthur T. Lennon in 1951 and they | ||||||
12 | lived in Alabama and the Washington, D.C. area before moving to | ||||||
13 | Joliet in 1953; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Jean Lennon taught art and architecture at the | ||||||
15 | Chicago Vocational School for a year; her true passion was | ||||||
16 | teaching English as a Second Language, including vocational | ||||||
17 | language, at Joliet Township High School for 10 years; she was | ||||||
18 | proud to have taught and mentored many Indochinese and other | ||||||
19 | refugees in the Joliet area; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Jean Lennon was a member of St. Paul the Apostle | ||||||
21 | Catholic Church, St. Paul the Apostle Women's Club, and the | ||||||
22 | Visitation and Aid Society of Joliet, where she served as |
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1 | Welfare Chair; she was a former member of the Newcomers Club of | ||||||
2 | Joliet and the Junior Women's Club; she served as an election | ||||||
3 | judge for 35 years and was known for her election soup by her | ||||||
4 | fellow election judges, candidates who stopped by, and those | ||||||
5 | who voted in her garage polling place; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Jean Lennon was preceded in death by her husband, | ||||||
7 | Arthur; her beloved daughter, Elizabeth "Lisa" Lennon; her | ||||||
8 | loving son, Arthur "Bud" C. Lennon; her great-granddaughter, | ||||||
9 | Kathleen Rawlinson; her parents; and her sister, Alice | ||||||
10 | O'Shaughnessy; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Jean Lennon is survived by her daughter, the | ||||||
12 | Honorable Dinah (John) Archambeault; her son, John H. Lennon; | ||||||
13 | her daughter-in-law, Rebecca Lennon; her "daughter", Mary | ||||||
14 | Kohler; her grandchildren, Elizabeth "Lisa" (Steven) Thomas, | ||||||
15 | John "Johnny" L. Archambeault, Mary "Molly" (Adam) Rawlinson, | ||||||
16 | Ashley (Mark) Conner, Michael Lennon, Caitlin Lennon, and | ||||||
17 | Claire Lennon; her great-grandchildren, Emma and Michael | ||||||
18 | Thomas and Christian, Justice, Liberty, and Valor Rawlinson; | ||||||
19 | three nieces; one nephew; and numerous cousins; therefore, be | ||||||
20 | 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 | ||||||
23 | Jean C. Lennon, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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1 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
2 | further
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3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of Jean Lennon as an expression of our | ||||||
5 | deepest sympathy.
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