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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 Goldie Hershman of Joliet, who passed |
4 | | away on September 21, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Goldie Hershman studied at Northwestern |
6 | | University and at Chicago Teachers College, where she received |
7 | | her master's degree in Education; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, Goldie Hershman began teaching in Chicago and |
9 | | Maywood; she relocated with her husband to Joliet and taught at |
10 | | Marycrest School for 23 years; she also taught Sunday school at |
11 | | the synagogue for many years and tutored and mentored World War |
12 | | II survivors who came to the Will County area; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Goldie Hershman has been an active member of
the |
14 | | Silver Cross Celebrity Spotlight Visitation and Aid Society, |
15 | | the Women of Rotary, the Joliet Education Association, the |
16 | | Jewish
Congregation Sisterhood and Hadassah, and has been a |
17 | | Community Trustee of Silver Cross Hospital; in 2007, she was
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18 | | recognized with Lewis University's DeLaSalle Award; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Goldie Hershman was preceded in death by her |
20 | | husband of 56 years, Rabbi Morris M. Hershman; and
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