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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 Barbara Houha of Oak Park, who passed |
| 4 | | away on August 2, 2019 at the age of 87; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Houha was born to Hjalmer and Florence |
| 6 | | Olsen on November 20, 1931; she grew up in Cicero, where she |
| 7 | | attended Morton High School and Morton Junior College before |
| 8 | | completing a Bachelor of Arts in Education at Northwestern |
| 9 | | University in Evanston; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Houha was a resident of Oak Park for 67 |
| 11 | | years, where she was active in the Irving School PTO and as a |
| 12 | | room mother; she was a homemaker for many years and then became |
| 13 | | a Head Start teacher at Grant Works in Cicero; she retired to |
| 14 | | help care for her grandchildren; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Houha was known to her family as a loving |
| 16 | | and doting mother and grandmother; one of her favorite |
| 17 | | activities was reading the social media updates posted by her |
| 18 | | family; she was artistic and loved reading and writing poetry |
| 19 | | or verses on scraps of paper; she always knew the exact note to |
| 20 | | include in the cards she sent her family; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Houha was easy to be around because she |
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| 1 | | found happiness from the little things in life, such as good |
| 2 | | news from a grandchild or treasured memories from her girlhood |
| 3 | | summers in Camp Lake, Wisconsin that she went on to create with |
| 4 | | her own children; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Houha was preceded in death by her |
| 6 | | parents, Hjalmer and Florence Olsen; her former husband and |
| 7 | | dear friend, Leonard J. Houha; her brother, Harold (Patricia) |
| 8 | | Olsen; and her eldest daughter, Elizabeth; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Barbara Houha is survived by her children, Juliet |
| 10 | | (Kevin) Stantz, Allison (Patrick Olson) Houha, Leonard |
| 11 | | (Loreen) Houha, and Andrew (Cheri) Houha; and her |
| 12 | | grandchildren, Matthew and Clare Olson, Daniel and Steven |
| 13 | | Stantz, Elaine, Bradley, and Lindsey Houha, and Leonard, |
| 14 | | Nathan, and David Houha; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Barbara Houha and extend our sincere condolences to her family, |
| 18 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Barbara Houha as an expression of |
| 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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