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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Betty A. Ahrens, formerly of Rolling
4 Meadows, who passed away on February 3, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Betty Ahrens moved to Rolling Meadows with her
6 husband, former Rolling Meadows Mayor William D. Ahrens, in
7 1960, only five years after the city's incorporation; she was
8 Mr. Ahrens' main supporter when he ran for a seat on the city
9 council and for his run for mayor of Rolling Meadows in 1979;
10 she attended all public functions with her husband, from social
11 gatherings to parades and dedication ceremonies; after Mayor
12 Ahrens resigned in 1990, the couple retired to Florida, where
13 she remained until her death; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Betty Ahrens and her husband made many lasting
15 friends in Rolling Meadows and regularly gathered on Sundays to
16 watch football games together; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Betty Ahrens was the wife of William D. Ahrens;
18 the mother of Debra (Joseph) Stoltman, Linda (Paul) Posco,
19 William Jr. (Laura), Pamela Ahrens, and Betty Ann Suchala; the
20 grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of 2; and the sister of
21 Patricia Behenna, Joan (Carl) Pfisterer, and the late Richard
22 Mc Kee; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Betty Ahrens; and be it
4 further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Betty Ahrens as an expression of our
7 sympathy.