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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 Jean Annette Fox Burkholder of Urbana, |
4 | | who passed away on June 12, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Burkholder was born in Philadelphia, |
6 | | Pennsylvania to Theodore Harold and Edith (Barnes) Fox on July |
7 | | 23, 1929; she graduated from the Philadelphia High School for |
8 | | Girls in 1947; she enrolled in Earlham College in Richmond, |
9 | | Indiana and began studying areas that became lifelong concerns: |
10 | | segregation and discrimination, educational psychology and |
11 | | family dynamics, and community organization; she married |
12 | | Donald Lyman Burkholder in June of 1950 and the family settled |
13 | | in Urbana in 1955; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, From 1956 to 1968, Jean Burkholder was a member |
15 | | and chair of the Champaign County League of Women Voters |
16 | | Committee on Housing, which sought to study and address unfair |
17 | | housing practices and shameful housing conditions in |
18 | | predominantly minority neighborhoods; she also focused on |
19 | | housing issues as a member of the Council for Community |
20 | | Integration and the Neighborhood Services Committee; she |
21 | | worked to improve social and mental health services as a member |
22 | | of the Champaign County Committee for the White House |
23 | | Conference on Children and Youth; in 1968, she became the first |
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1 | | chair of the Urbana Human Relations Commission; she became |
2 | | involved in the Urbana Parent-Teacher-Student Association, |
3 | | serving for a time as chair of the Council of the Urbana PTSA |
4 | | and on committees that assisted in recruiting and hiring |
5 | | superintendents for the district; she was a strong supporter of |
6 | | the arts; and
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7 | | WHEREAS, In 1975, Jean Burkholder was elected to the Urbana |
8 | | School Board, where she served for 22 years until 1997; upon |
9 | | her retirement from the board, the Urbana School District |
10 | | honored her by naming the administrative center on North Race |
11 | | Street as the Jean F. Burkholder Administrative Service Center; |
12 | | her papers are in the Champaign County Historical Archives; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Jean Burkholder was preceded in death by her |
14 | | daughter, Kathleen Linda Burkholder; her husband, Don; her |
15 | | brothers-in-law Robert, John and Wendell Burkholder; and her |
16 | | sister-in-law, Helen Dale; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, Jean Burkholder is survived by her son, J. Peter |
18 | | Burkholder; her son-in-law, P. Douglas McKinney; her son, |
19 | | William F. Burkholder; her daughter-in-law, Joanne (McLean) |
20 | | Burkholder; her granddaughter, Sylvie Kathleen Burkholder; her |
21 | | sisters-in-law, Anne Burkholder, Donna Burkholder, and Leona |
22 | | Burkholder; her brother-in-law, Ernie Dale; and 17 nieces and |
23 | | nephews; therefore, be it
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1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
3 | | Jean Annette Fox Burkholder, and extend our sincere condolences |
4 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be |
5 | | it further
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6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
7 | | presented to the family of Jean Burkholder as an expression of |
8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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