Full Text of HR1276 96th General Assembly
HR1276 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Sara Feigenholtz and the | 3 |
| Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the | 4 |
| death of Renee Snow, who passed away on May 19, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Renee Snow, nee Rosen, was born on November 18, | 6 |
| 1934 in Chicago, the youngest of two daughters born to Jack and | 7 |
| Ida Rosen; she grew up in Chicago, she attended and graduated | 8 |
| from Marshall High School in 1952 as a member of the National | 9 |
| Honor Society; and she received her Bachelor of Arts degree | 10 |
| from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, Renee Snow received her Teachers' Certificate | 12 |
| from the City of Chicago in 1956, traveled to and taught in | 13 |
| Japan in 1959-60, obtained her Master of Arts degree from | 14 |
| DePaul University in 1965, and later earned a certificate to | 15 |
| teach children with learning disabilities in the Chicago Public | 16 |
| Schools; she was a devoted teacher of children with special | 17 |
| needs at Nettlehorst School for many years where she earned the | 18 |
| respect and admiration of her fellow teachers, administrators, | 19 |
| students, and parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Renee Snow met Nate Snow during a political | 21 |
| campaign in 1964, they married on November 25, 1967, and shared | 22 |
| a passion for social justice, music, and travel and an absolute |
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| devotion to each other while residing in the Lakeview community | 2 |
| of Chicago together for over 30 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Renee Snow was a person of intellectual curiosity, | 4 |
| uncompromising integrity, and deep convictions, demonstrated | 5 |
| by her active participation on the boards of many community | 6 |
| organizations, most notably the Jane Addams Senior Caucus and | 7 |
| the Counseling Center of Lakeview; her dedication to spend her | 8 |
| entire life working to improve and enrich the lives of others | 9 |
| is an inspiration and role model for all; and
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| WHEREAS, Renee Snow faced her multiple health problems and | 11 |
| those of her late husband Nate with optimism, grace, curiosity, | 12 |
| and a sense of humor; and
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| WHEREAS, Renee Snow is survived by her dear sister and best | 14 |
| friend, Elaine Murphy; her many nieces and nephews, including: | 15 |
| Leslie Murphy, Donna Wittert, Sandy Brooks, and Robin Smith; | 16 |
| her dear cousins; and her many friends from the Jane Addams | 17 |
| Senior Caucus, Nettlehorst School, her condominium building, | 18 |
| the Darien, and the community at-large; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Renee | 22 |
| Snow; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Renee Snow as an expression of our | 3 |
| sympathy.
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