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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Margaret Stuart Hart of Lake Forest, who
4passed away on January 27, 2019; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart was born in Chicago to R. Douglas
6and Harriet McClure Stuart on January 3, 1922; she spent her
7early years in Lake Forest and attended the Bell School before
8attending Miss. Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts;
9after high school, she returned to Lake Forest and graduated
10from The University of Chicago in 1944; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart married Augustin S. "Gus" Hart Jr.
12in Lake Forest on April 11, 1942; they spent the early portion
13of their marriage on military bases in Louisiana and Georgia;
14Margaret returned to Lake Forest and completed her college
15degree when Gus was sent overseas; after World War II, they
16moved to Long Island, New York and then settled in Lake Forest
17in 1960; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart was always active, athletically and
19otherwise; she enjoyed traveling, tennis, ice skating, skiing,
20golf, and horseback riding; she golfed and rode horses until
21she was 94; she loved the outdoors, especially the Wyoming
22Rockies to which she travelled from age 6 to 96 to visit her

 

 

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1family's ranch; in her teenage years, she hunted big game, fly
2fished, hiked, and rode extensively; she was happiest when
3riding her horse and exploring in the Clarks Fork Valley of
4Wyoming; she was a lifelong artist and drew her own Christmas
5cards starting at age 12; she loved making up plays and skits
6with her grandchildren and having costume parties; she had a
7wonderful sense of humor and fun; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart was active in the First Presbyterian
9Church of Lake Forest; she served for many years as trustee and
10board chair of the McCormick Theological Seminary; she was a
11life trustee of Lake Forest College and Lake Forest Open Lands;
12she was active in many civic and charitable organizations,
13including the school board, WTTW, the National Parks
14Conservation Association, the Cotton Bay Foundation in
15Eleuthera, Bahamas, and the Department of Defense Advisory
16Committee on Women in the Armed Services; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart was active in Republican politics
18and served in many volunteer efforts and positions; she
19strongly supporting local, regional, state, and federal
20candidates throughout her life; she had strong views about what
21was right and wrong, but was always willing to listen to those
22who opposed her viewpoint and was never afraid to question
23those of her own party with whom she might disagree; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart was preceded in death by her,
2husband, Gus; her sisters, Anne Stuart Batchelder and Harriet
3Stuart Spencer; her brother, Robert D. Stuart Jr.; and her
4sons, Douglas Stuart Hart and Robert Dixon Hart; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Hart is survived by her daughters,
6Kathryn Hart (Robert) Lansing and Heather Hart (Walter)
7Goldstein; her son, Augustin S. (Becky) Hart III; her
8daughters-in-law, Harriet Corbett and Trenay Hart; her
9grandchildren, Stuart (Farley) Lansing, Sage Lansing (Austin)
10DePree, Gerrit (Christyn) Lansing, Philip Hart, Austin Hart,
11Abra Gasser, and Brandon, Nathanial, and Margot Goldstein; her
12sister-in law, Lillan Stuart; seven great-grandchildren; and
13numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
16Margaret Stuart Hart and extend our sincere condolences to her
17family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
18further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the family of Margaret Hart as an expression of
21our deepest sympathy.