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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death of |
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| Agnes Josephine Thompson, the mother of former Governor James |
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| R. Thompson, of Arlington Heights on January 28, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born Agnes Josephine Swanson in DeKalb on |
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| January 20, 1909, the daughter of Swedish immigrants who came |
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| to the United States at the turn of the century; and
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| WHEREAS, She married James Robert Thompson in 1934 and they |
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| had four children; she met her husband in the public library in |
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| DeKalb; they were married in 1934, initially settling in |
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| Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood and Galewood before |
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| buying a home in Oak Park in the mid-1950s; and
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| WHEREAS, She was from the generation of the 1930s and 1940s |
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| where her home, husband, and children were her whole life; she |
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| was a big reader and imparted a lifelong love of reading to her |
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| children; she took great pleasure in that her children all |
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| became successful; and
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| WHEREAS, When not tending to her children, she played |
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| bridge with great passion, continuing to play until a year ago; |
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| she also enjoyed a good game of pinochle, which she often |
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| played with her children; she lived as full and complete and |
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| wonderful a life as possible; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband in 1992; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Agnes Josephine Thompson will be |
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| felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her sons, James, |
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| Donald, and Larry; her daughter, Karen Tobin; her seven |
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| grandchildren, and her five great-grandchildren; therefore, be |