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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of Elaine "Blondie" Kirk, who passed away
4on April 17, 2023 at the age of 97; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was the youngest of seven children,
6born in Princeton on October 1, 1925; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was raised on a farm during The Great
8Depression, attending Knox College in Galesburg; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk met her future husband, Harold Kirk,
10on a blind date after graduating; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk and Harold moved from Princeton to
12River Forest after marrying; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk served on the Women's Auxiliary of
14West Suburban Hospital and with the Infant Welfare Society of
15Oak Park-River Forest; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was involved with the First
17Presbyterian Church of River Forest as an elder; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk also served on the Planning and

 

 

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1Development Board of River Forest for many years; and
 
2    WHEREAS, In honor of her service to the community, the 600
3block of Keystone Avenue was dedicated to her as Elaine
4"Blondie" Kirk Way; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk loved the outdoors and spent many
6weeks during the year hunting in North Dakota and fishing in
7Canada with her husband; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Elaine Kirk was preceded in death by her husband,
9Harold; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Elaine is survived by her four children, Scott
11(Jean), Todd (Jane), Kent (Denise), and Ann Williams (Doug),
12and 14 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; therefore, be
13it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
16Elaine "Blondie" Kirk and extend our sincere condolences to
17her family, 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 Elaine Kirk as an expression of our

 

 

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1deepest sympathy.