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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 Sarah Sandra Hutchinson of Chicago, who | ||||||
4 | recently passed away; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Sarah Sandra Hutchinson (nee, Smith), the 7th | ||||||
6 | child of Lloyd Gaston and Lucy Smith, was born in the
Dutch | ||||||
7 | West Indies Island of Aruba on February 19, 1939; she spent the | ||||||
8 | first years of her life on this island paradise with her older | ||||||
9 | siblings and parents; her father,
who would be made Knight | ||||||
10 | Commander After the Order of Orange-Nassau (the Royal House of | ||||||
11 | The
Netherlands), protected and managed the Lago Oil Refinery | ||||||
12 | as its President, which was strategic to the
Allied war effort; | ||||||
13 | she and her family soon returned to their home in Manhasset, | ||||||
14 | New York, where she
completed her primary and high school | ||||||
15 | career, excelling in academics as well as in music; and
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16 | WHEREAS, In 1956, she was admitted to the prestigious | ||||||
17 | Conservatory of Music at Oberlin University in Oberlin,
Ohio, | ||||||
18 | to begin her studies as a concert pianist; however, it became | ||||||
19 | clear that her generous spirit
called her to dedicate her life | ||||||
20 | to helping others and she decided to change her major to | ||||||
21 | Psychology, so
that she could go on to study social work; she | ||||||
22 | was active in a number of campus activities, including the | ||||||
23 | campus chapter of the NAACP; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, In 1958, she met Eugene
Hutchinson on a blind date | ||||||
2 | to Kenyon College;
they courted for 2 years and were married on | ||||||
3 | August 27, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; she moved to Madison,
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4 | Wisconsin and worked at the University Hospital as a nurse's | ||||||
5 | aide, while her husband
finished up law school at the | ||||||
6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Soon after the couple's move to the Chicago | ||||||
8 | community of Hyde Park in 1962, Sarah began to work for the
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9 | Cook County Department of Public Aid; in 1965, she enrolled at | ||||||
10 | Loyola University to pursue a
Masters of Social Work degree; | ||||||
11 | after completing her degree in 1967, she continued to work | ||||||
12 | professionally as a social worker in various roles; she worked | ||||||
13 | at the Department of Children and Family Services, Lutheran | ||||||
14 | Social
Services, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital, and finished | ||||||
15 | up her career at Grant/Lincoln Park Hospital; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Until 2007, she worked as a part-time
fill-in | ||||||
17 | social worker at various Chicago-area hospitals; she was also | ||||||
18 | active in her Block Club as
Secretary and donated to various | ||||||
19 | social causes and charities around the world; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, She always looked for an opportunity to see the | ||||||
21 | world with family and her long-time friend, Elsie
Shimm; her | ||||||
22 | last whirlwind tour took her on a cruise of the Caribbean, |
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1 | where she was able to visit
her birth-land of Aruba, and | ||||||
2 | celebrate her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband in | ||||||
3 | August of
2010; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Sarah Hutchinson was cherished and loved by many | ||||||
5 | friends and relatives whom she touched in countless ways
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6 | throughout the years; she leaves behind her husband, Eugene; | ||||||
7 | her brother, Gerry (Ellen); her sisters, Lucy and
Marje; her | ||||||
8 | sons, Osei (Anita), Paul (Toi), Lloyd, and Jacob; her | ||||||
9 | grandchildren, Paul Jr., Camryn, Ryan, Tendaji,
and Asha; her | ||||||
10 | cat, Tiger; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and | ||||||
11 | extended family around the globe; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
14 | her family and friends, the passing of Sarah Hutchinson; and be | ||||||
15 | it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to the family of Sarah Hutchinson as a symbol of our | ||||||
18 | sincere sympathy.
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