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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Emily Beggs Esarey of White Hall, who
4passed away on January 14, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Emily Esarey was born in Oak Park on July 24, 1933
6to Charles Norman and Elizabeth Loe Corsa Beggs; she graduated
7from Oak Park High School in 1951 and the University of
8Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1955 with a bachelor's degree
9in animal science; she earned the distinction as the first
10female graduate of the College of Agriculture; she was a proud
11member of the Sigma Kappa sorority and a supporter of Chief
12Illiniwek; she married James Gibson Esarey on June 26, 1955 in
13Oak Park; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In 1959, Emily Esarey and her husband settled in
15Greene County, south of White Hall, and began managing Gregory
16Farm, a farm that had been in her family since 1821; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Emily Esarey was involved with many community
18organizations, including positions as a 4-H club leader, church
19choir member, softball coach, honorary Future Farmers of
20America member, art teacher, and avid horse enthusiast for
21Percheron horses, Quarter horses (AQHA), and Morgans; she was
22also a horse handler at Beverly Farms; she was affectionately

 

 

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1know as "Mrs. E"; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Emily Esarey was preceded in death by her husband,
3James; her parents; and her brother, Bill Beggs; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Emily Esarey is survived by 2 daughters, Le
5(Butch) Esarey Perry and Laura Jane (Drew) Dukett; her 2 sons,
6Jonathon Esarey and Justus (Toni) Esarey; her sister, Sarah
7Coad; her brother, Gregory Beggs; her 5 grandchildren, Bethany
8Dukett, Joshua Dukett, Christopher Dukett (Sonya), Greg Finn,
9and Zach Finn; her 3 great-grandchildren, Ashley Wells,
10Christian Wells, and Haley Westermayer; and her
11great-great-grandchild, Isabella Marie Wells; she also hosted
124 exchange students including Hereath (Sri Lanka), Shinji Kondo
13(Japan), Evangeline Karahalios Guerland (Xavier-France), and
14Nina Suvanto-Collan (Finland); therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
17Emily Beggs Esarey, and extend our sincere condolences to her
18family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
19further
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21presented to the family of Emily Esarey as an expression of our
22deepest sympathy.