Full Text of SR0676 93rd General Assembly
SR0676 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Evelyn J. (Mohart) | 4 |
| Wakeland Bartylak of Godfrey on Wednesday, August 18, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bartylak was born on September 22, 1920 in | 6 |
| Hamilton to Theodore H. and Neta (Wedding) Mohart; and
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| WHEREAS, The wife of Joseph R. Bartylak, she spent time as | 8 |
| a child welfare caseworker in Missouri; later, she became a | 9 |
| gerontological caseworker in St. Louis, having implemented the | 10 |
| Teamsters Council Housing for Retired Persons; she also | 11 |
| conducted seminars in Hawaii and nationally regarding housing | 12 |
| for the elderly; and
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| WHEREAS, She was educated in Illinois and Missouri, | 14 |
| including at St. Louis University, Washington University, and | 15 |
| Western Illinois University in Macomb; she obtained her medical | 16 |
| technician degree from Pasteur Institute in St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Bartylak joined the First Presbyterian | 18 |
| Church of Alton in 1977 and served as an elder, deacon, and | 19 |
| Sunday school teacher; she was a board member of Saint | 20 |
| Anthony's Home Health Care Group, was a board member of the | 21 |
| Alton Museum of History and Art, and was a former member of | 22 |
| Habitat for Humanity, Alton Woman's Council, and Lewis and | 23 |
| Clark Foundation; she was an amateur artist and musically | 24 |
| talented, devoting hours of music therapy to nursing and | 25 |
| veterans homes; she was known for her community activism and | 26 |
| her delicious cheesecake and canned sweet pickles; and
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| WHEREAS, Her passing has been deeply felt by many, | 28 |
| especially her husband, Joseph R. Bartylak; her daughter, Mimi | 29 |
| Chandler/Patrick; her son, the Rev. T. Michel Wakeland and his | 30 |
| wife, Cynthia Hancock Wakeland; her stepdaughters, Diane B. |
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| Galbraith and Constance Clark; her foster son, Mike Little; her | 2 |
| grandchild, Sarah Jean Wakeland; her sister, Marjorie Wehmeyer | 3 |
| and her husband, Archie; and her numerous cousins, nieces, | 4 |
| great-nieces, and great-great-nephews; 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 |
| Evelyn J. Bartylak, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her | 8 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Mrs. Bartylak as an expression of | 12 |
| our sincere condolences.
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