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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 Lois M. Le Menager of Lake Forest, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on December 28, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Lois Le Menager was born in Cleveland, Ohio to | ||||||
6 | Lawrence and Lillian Stanek on April 25, 1934; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, In 1978, Lois Le Menager founded Marketing | ||||||
8 | Innovators International, Inc. in Rosemont, which remains one | ||||||
9 | of the largest woman-owned businesses in the country and one of | ||||||
10 | Chicago's largest private firms; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Lois Le Menager received numerous awards from | ||||||
12 | organizations such as the Entrepreneur of the Year Institute, | ||||||
13 | the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, and the American Institute | ||||||
14 | of Entrepreneurs; other recognitions include Crain's Chicago | ||||||
15 | Business - Chicago's Top Women-Owned Firms, Who's Who in | ||||||
16 | Chicago Business, America's Top 500 Women-Owned Businesses, | ||||||
17 | and Working Woman Magazine; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, Lois Le Menager served on the Board of Junior | ||||||
19 | Achievement; she donated land to the Boys and Girls Club of | ||||||
20 | America and was an early member of the Women Business | ||||||
21 | Development Center and the Chicago Network; she participated in |
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1 | many travel and incentive industry associations; she served as | ||||||
2 | a director for Northwest Commerce and First Colonial Banks for | ||||||
3 | 10 years, and is a past director of the Chicagoland Chamber of | ||||||
4 | Commerce; and | ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Lois Le Menager was an outstanding cook, a | ||||||
6 | painter, a writer of poems, a gifted counselor to kids, and a | ||||||
7 | mentor to young business people; she had a passion for the | ||||||
8 | military, devoting her time and resources to those who have | ||||||
9 | served and continue to serve; she actively supported the | ||||||
10 | Wounded Warrior Project and helped with donations to build The | ||||||
11 | National World War II Museum in New Orleans; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Lois Le Menager was enormously proud of her | ||||||
13 | Czechoslovakian heritage; her hobbies included being a | ||||||
14 | "professional shopper" and beating the odds at the slot | ||||||
15 | machines; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Lois Le Menager was the devoted wife of Spencer H. | ||||||
17 | Le Menager; the loving mother of Richard (Jill) Blabolil, and | ||||||
18 | Sherry Blabolil-Das; the caring grandmother of Meghan (Ben) | ||||||
19 | Jarvis, Sumeer Das, Molly Blabolil, Courtney Das, Emily | ||||||
20 | Blabolil, and Abby Blabolil; and the delighted | ||||||
21 | great-grandmother of Charlie Jack Jarvis; therefore, be it
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22 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
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1 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
2 | Lois M. Le Menager, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
3 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
4 | further
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5 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
6 | presented to the family of Lois Le Menager as an expression of | ||||||
7 | our deepest sympathy.
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