Full Text of SR0524 93rd General Assembly
SR0524 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened | 3 |
| to learn of the death of Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby of Godfrey on | 4 |
| April 23, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby is a native of Portland, | 6 |
| Maine; she was born to Earle and Margaret Jacoby; she received | 7 |
| an associate's degree from Colby Junior College in New | 8 |
| Hampshire and a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in | 9 |
| Syracuse, New York; and
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| WHEREAS, Some mutual friends introduced Mrs. Jacoby to | 11 |
| Casper John Jacoby III of Alton, who had just graduated from | 12 |
| the Harvard Business School and was working for the Olin Corp., | 13 |
| in New Haven, Connecticut; they were married in 1954; and
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| WHEREAS, The couple moved to Godfrey in 1961 and joined in | 15 |
| the family-owned Jacoby Furniture Co. in Alton, which was | 16 |
| started in 1883; while serving as director of the company, Mrs. | 17 |
| Jacoby devoted more than 40 years of volunteer work to the | 18 |
| Alton area; she served as president of the Chapter GG PEO | 19 |
| Sisterhood and was an avid volunteer to the Junior Service | 20 |
| League and the Alton Community Service League; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Jacoby was a longtime member of the First | 22 |
| Presbyterian Church in Alton, where she and a group of women | 23 |
| volunteered their time tutoring children in the Alton school | 24 |
| system for more than 10 years; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, In 2000, Mrs. Jacoby and her husband received the | 26 |
| Circle of Care Award by the Riverbend Head Start and Family | 27 |
| Services for a lifetime of committed service to the community; | 28 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially her husband, Casper John Jacoby | 2 |
| III; her daughter, Karen Sinunu; her son, Casper John Jacoby | 3 |
| IV; her two sisters, Margaret Fleming and Jane Painter; and her | 4 |
| four grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby along with all who knew and loved her | 8 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and | 9 |
| community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby as an | 12 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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