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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Janet G. LeWald of Naperville, who passed |
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| away on March 5, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was born on June 11, 1946 in Chicago; |
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| her parents were Marcello and Lorraine Gino; she married |
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| Kenneth LeWald Sr. on June 29, 1968; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald grew up in Chicago; she was a 1964 |
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| graduate of Mother McAuley High School; she graduated in 1968 |
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| from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb with a degree in |
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| education; she was a co-founder of a local sorority that was |
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| accepted as a national Alpha Phi Chapter; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was employed with the Special |
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| Education Department at Naperville Central High School as a |
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| substitute teacher and a special education assistant; she was |
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| also employed at SCARCE (School & Community Assistance for |
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| Recycling and Composting Education) in Glen Ellyn for the past |
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| 18 years, where she served as an environmental educator and as |
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| a contributor to RIPPLES, SCARCE's environmental newsletter; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was ahead of her time in |
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| understanding the need for conservation and recycling, having |
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| set up a curbside recycling program in her Naperville |
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| subdivision during the 1970s, long before such programs became |
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| fashionable; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was a member of St. Margaret Mary |
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| Church in Naperville; she enjoyed spending time with her |
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| children and grandchildren, writing, and swimming; and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald was preceded in death by her parents; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Janet LeWald is survived by her husband; her |
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| children, Nicole (Andy) Powell, Kenneth "Kip" LeWald Jr., and |
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| Kari (Regan) Miller; her grandchildren, Abigail, Tessa, and |
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| Emmett Powell and Mackenzie, Ella, and Charlotte Miller; her |
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| siblings, Karen (Bob) Bruno, Marcia (Dan) Doeden, Bob (Nancy) |
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| Gino, Denise (Mike) Smith, and Diane (Joe) Goulah; and her many |
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| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Janet G. LeWald; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |