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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Lorene Agnes Sabonjian, who passed away 
4on May 24, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian was born in Higbee, Missouri on 
6December 11, 1916 to James Robert and Mandana Terrill; she 
7graduated from Huntsville High School in 1935 and, after 
8passing the Missouri Teaching exams, taught students in a 
9nearby rural school for several months; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian moved to Kansas City in the fall 
11of 1935 and married in 1936; when that marriage did not work 
12out, she joined the United States Navy; she attended Boot Camp 
13at Hunter College in New York state; from there she went to 
14Milledgeville, Georgia and then on to her first post in Crane, 
15Indiana; she held the position of bookkeeper in the base's 
16supply office; her next and last duty station was at Naval 
17Station Great Lakes, where she worked in the Separation and 
18Terminal Leave Center; she attained the rank of ACSK while 
19working to discharge the WAVES and sailors at Great Lakes; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian married Robert V. Sabonjian on 
21June 7, 1947; they opened Dutch Mill Cleaners in 1948; in 1957, 
22her husband ran for Mayor of Waukegan and she spent 24 years as 
 
 
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1Waukegan's First Lady; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian was a member of the First 
3Christian Church in Waukegan, where  she served as an Elder and 
4Church Treasurer; she also served as the regional President of 
5The Church Women United; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian and her husband traveled 
7extensively to places such as Hawaii, England, Monaco, The 
8Canary Islands, Australia, Israel, Greece, and Egypt; she kept 
9active by playing bridge, bowling, traveling to visit 
10relatives, and walking everyday with her new best friend, her 
11Bichon Frise named Beau; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian was preceded in death by her 
13husband, Robert; her daughter, Dana Jo; her brothers, John and 
14Irving; and her sisters, Violet, Victory, and Lillian; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Lorene Sabonjian is survived by her son, Robert 
16Glenn (Jo An); her grandson, Adam Wesley (Lynn) Domerchie and 
17their sons, Jayson and Ryan; she is also survived by numerous 
18nieces and nephews spread throughout the world; therefore, be 
19it
  
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
 
 
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1Lorene Agnes Sabonjian, and extend our sincere condolences to 
2her  family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
3further
  
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
5presented to  the family of  Lorene Sabonjian as an expression of 
6our deepest sympathy.