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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 Joyce E. Skoog of Hinsdale, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on January 25, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Joyce Skoog was born in Chicago on February 21, | ||||||
6 | 1940 to Albert and Florence Anicich; she graduated from Bowen | ||||||
7 | High School in Chicago and married Roy A. Skoog; she earned her | ||||||
8 | master's degree in adult education from the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois and her Bachelor of Arts in communications and | ||||||
10 | management from DePaul University; and
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11 | WHEREAS, During her career, Joyce Skoog held senior | ||||||
12 | management positions in fund development, community relations, | ||||||
13 | communications, and continuing education; she retired in 2002 | ||||||
14 | as Senior Vice-President of Institutional Advancement of the | ||||||
15 | Aspen Institute; she previously worked for Arthur Anderson, the | ||||||
16 | United Way, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the | ||||||
17 | College of DuPage; she served the Village of Hinsdale for 20 | ||||||
18 | years, holding positions on the Planning Commission, as a | ||||||
19 | Trustee on the Village Board, as Chair of the Fire and Police | ||||||
20 | Commission, as Chair of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and as the | ||||||
21 | first woman President of the Village; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Joyce Skoog served on several boards and civic |
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1 | groups in the greater Chicago area and in 2002 was awarded the | ||||||
2 | Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award from the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Humanities Council; she was on the Executive Committee of the | ||||||
4 | Ounce of Prevention Fund Board of Directors and was board Chair | ||||||
5 | from 2005 to 2008; she was also a Trustee for the Chicago | ||||||
6 | Theological Seminary; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Joyce Skoog was an active member of the Union | ||||||
8 | Church of Hinsdale, where she was on the Executive Council and | ||||||
9 | had been the Chair of Trustees and Moderator of the Church; she | ||||||
10 | continued learning throughout her life and completed a 4-year | ||||||
11 | Asian Studies program at the Graham School of the University of | ||||||
12 | Chicago and was enrolled in the Basic Program which explores | ||||||
13 | Western culture; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Joyce Skoog was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
15 | and
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16 | WHEREAS, Joyce Skoog is survived by her husband of 54 | ||||||
17 | years, Roy A. Skoog; her children, Cheryl (Peter A.) Tague, | ||||||
18 | Linda (Jeffrey G.) Sluman, Bradley A. Skoog, and Melissa (John | ||||||
19 | Christopher) Dunagan; and her grandchildren, William Tague, | ||||||
20 | Katie Sluman, Jack Dunagan, and Willa Dunagan; therefore, be it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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1 | Joyce E. Skoog, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
2 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
3 | further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to the family of Joyce Skoog as an expression of our | ||||||
6 | deepest sympathy.
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