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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 Judith A. Lamping Jolie, who passed away | ||||||
| 4 | on November 20, 2018 at the age of 76; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie was born on September 13, 1942; she | ||||||
| 6 | graduated from St. Scholastica High School in Chicago in 1960; | ||||||
| 7 | in 1964, she graduated from Rosary College in River Forest; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie served with the international | ||||||
| 9 | humanitarian agency Catholic Relief Services in South America; | ||||||
| 10 | she then returned to Oak Park, where she worked as a preschool | ||||||
| 11 | and kindergarten teacher at Pilgrim Nursery School and on | ||||||
| 12 | Chicago's West Side for over 30 years; she loved to read Stone | ||||||
| 13 | Soup and Make Way for Ducklings to children and was known as a | ||||||
| 14 | "baby whisperer" whose smile and wit could light up any room; | ||||||
| 15 | and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie and her husband, Thomas, lived in the | ||||||
| 17 | same house in Oak Park for over 50 years; she made friends feel | ||||||
| 18 | like family, organized block parties that made Christmas the | ||||||
| 19 | "second-best day of the year," hosted well-stocked water | ||||||
| 20 | balloon fights, and knew every kid's nickname; she spread joy | ||||||
| 21 | through her endless conversations with passersby; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie was friends with three generations of | ||||||
| 2 | Oak Park neighbors, who recall her commitment to social justice | ||||||
| 3 | and educational equality; she was an intuitive cook and shared | ||||||
| 4 | her love of tradition by making Christmas Eve cream of mushroom | ||||||
| 5 | and French onion soup in Nonny's pot; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Judith Jolie was the wife of Thomas, the mother of | ||||||
| 7 | Sarah, Charles (Liz Keating), and Angela (Daniel Morillo) | ||||||
| 8 | Jolie, the grandmother of Sarah, Kate, and Grace Jolie and | ||||||
| 9 | Sofia and Joaquin Morillo, the special grandma of Elanor and | ||||||
| 10 | Otto Huber, the sister of Barbara and Mary Jo Lamping, Betsy | ||||||
| 11 | (the late James) Sklena, and her late twin brother, James | ||||||
| 12 | Lamping, and the cousin, aunt, and great-aunt of many; | ||||||
| 13 | therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Judith A. Lamping Jolie and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 17 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Judith Jolie as an expression of our | ||||||
| 21 | deepest sympathy.
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