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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Eleanor Karin Seegren, who passed away on
4November 29, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren was born in Chicago on November
616, 1929 and graduated from Roosevelt High School; she attended
7Wright Junior College and earned a teaching degree; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren taught elementary school; she was
9a third grade teacher at Spring Bluff Elementary in Winthrop
10Harbor and an art teacher at Our Lady of Humility Catholic
11School; she worked as a substitute teacher for several Lake
12County school districts until the age of 79; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren served as activity director at
14Crown Manor Nursing Home in Zion, Terrace Nursing Home in
15Waukegan, and Sheridan Health Care Center in Zion; she was also
16a caseworker for the Illinois Department of Public Aid and a
17childcare referral counselor for the YWCA in Waukegan; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren and her husband attended Immanuel
19Baptist Church in Waukegan and then helped establish the Bonnie
20Brook Baptist Church; she was involved with the Child
21Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) and hosted a Good News Club in her

 

 

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1home for neighborhood children; she served on the local CEF
2committee and eventually became director of the Northeast
3Illinois CEF chapter; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren used her creative skills to make
5specialty craft items for teaching children and was known for
6the kitchen Tidy Towels she designed; she was also known for
7her cheerful greetings and engaging conversations; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren was preceded in death by her
9parents; her husband of 58 years, Walter R. Seegren; her
10brother, Stanley; and her sister, Ruth; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Eleanor Seegren is survived by her daughter, Kris
12Seegren, and her sons, Randy and Ken (Janet) Seegren;
13therefore, 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
16Eleanor Karin Seegren 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 Eleanor Seegren as an expression of
21our deepest sympathy.