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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 Althea M. Walkington of Ringwood, who |
4 | | passed away on August 14, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was born in Avoca, Wisconsin to |
6 | | Edwin and Ida Benoy on July 28, 1920; after her mother's death, |
7 | | her father moved his family from Wisconsin to a dairy farm on |
8 | | Howe Road in Greenwood Township, McHenry County; she received |
9 | | her elementary education in the one-room Howe School and then |
10 | | graduated from Woodstock High School in 1938; she married Paul |
11 | | Walkington in 1939; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was known by many from her years |
13 | | of selling Dutch Maid clothing at home parties; she then worked |
14 | | as a clerk in the Ringwood Post Office; she was one of the |
15 | | original members of The Citizens for Ringwood Organization, |
16 | | which successfully petitioned the state legislature to create |
17 | | legislation that would allow small communities of under 500 |
18 | | citizens to become incorporated; she worked tirelessly by |
19 | | knocking on doors and obtaining signatures on petitions that |
20 | | promoted the referendum for incorporation; and |
21 | | WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was an active member of the |
22 | | Ringwood United Methodist Church, which was the center of the |
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1 | | spiritual, social, and community service that encompassed her |
2 | | life; she was the leader of The Ringwood Sunshine Girls 4H |
3 | | Club, where she taught generations of young women how to sew |
4 | | and do needle work; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Althea Walkington and her husband followed their |
6 | | dream and built a cabin on Legend Lake near Shawano, Wisconsin; |
7 | | the cabin quickly became the gathering spot for family and |
8 | | church functions and for friends who were invited to spend a |
9 | | weekend at the lake; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Althea Walkington was preceded in death by her |
11 | | parents; her husband; her brothers, Darrel, Harry, Glen, |
12 | | Wilbur, Raymond, and Alvin; her sisters, Alice (Vincent) Moan |
13 | | and Arlene (Ray) Wilcox; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, Althea Walkington is survived by her children, Jay |
15 | | (Jan) Walkington, Ida Mae (Clarence) Adams, Tom (Maya) |
16 | | Walkington, and Lee Walkington; her grandchildren, Doug (Kim), |
17 | | Chad, Tanya, and Lincoln (Courtney) Adams, Jolie (Steve) |
18 | | Galovich, and Karen (Gary) McDowell; and her eleven |
19 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
22 | | Althea M. Walkington, and extend our sincere condolences to her |