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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| wish to express their sincere condolences to the family and |
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| friends of Ruth Brody of Skokie, who passed away on Friday, |
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| October 20, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in 1938; she grew up in the |
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| Mississippi Delta and took cosmetology classes in Memphis |
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| before moving north, living in Gary for a while and eventually |
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| settling in Lincoln Park; she met her future husband, Jack |
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| Brody in the neighborhood market and the couple raised a family |
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| in Skokie before divorcing in the mid-1980s; and
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| WHEREAS, She started working for Y-ME as a volunteer |
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| following her breast cancer diagnosis in 1989, and was |
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| virtually a full-time volunteer for the national offices |
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| through the 1990s, serving as chairwoman of the group's fashion |
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| show three times and its Mother's Day race twice; in 2000, she |
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| helped launch the Illinois chapter of Y-ME and was executive |
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| director of the organization's Illinois affiliate for the past |
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| four years; she participated in all aspects of the group's |
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| agenda, traveling to Washington, D.C., and Springfield to lobby |
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| for funding, organizing fundraisers, and leading advocacy |
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| efforts; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ruth Brody has been deeply felt by |
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| many, especially her spouse, Ken Suhanek; her daughters, Sue |
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| (Harry) Van Cleve and Beth Brody (Lev Goldberg); her grandson, |
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| Samuel Brody-Goldberg; and three siblings; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Ruth Brody, and we extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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