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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Julia "Becky" Lewis Smith, who passed
4away on May 7, 2018; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Julia Smith was born to Carl Hamilton Lewis and
6Mary Katherine Goff on December 5, 1939, the oldest of five
7children; she attended Holy Angels Catholic School and Church
8and then attended Saint Elizabeth Catholic High School; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Julia Smith worked at the Louise Burg Hospital,
10Michael Reese, and Mercy Hospitals, where she was a nurse; she
11also worked in the Security Department at Carson Pirie Scott;
12she retired from Carson's in 1994; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Julia Smith was an avid reader and community
14historian; as a Board Member, she was the beloved Sergeant at
15Arms of the Chesterfield Community Council for more than 25
16years; she was also a former active member of the Happy Action
17Seniors at St. Joachim Church; she was a dependable volunteer
18and active in her community; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Julia Smith was preceded in death by her parents;
20her husband, Samuel Jerome Smith; her brother, James H. Lewis;
21and her sister, Mary R. Cleary; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Julia Smith is survived by her daughter, Waunema
2Smith; her brother, Emmett R. Lewis; her sister, Teresa L.
3(Maurice) Thornton; and her many other family members and
4friends; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
7Julia "Becky" Lewis Smith and extend our sincere condolences to
8her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Julia Smith as an expression of our
12deepest sympathy.