Full Text of SR1100 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Betty Van Wyk of Oak Park, who passed | 4 | | away on November 14, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was a journalism graduate of Hope College; she | 6 | | taught high school in Normal before returning to Chicago, where | 7 | | she was born in 1939; moving to Oak Park, she became a reporter | 8 | | for Pioneer Press, handling the education beat for the Oak | 9 | | Leaves; and | 10 | | WHEREAS Running as an independent, she was elected to serve | 11 | | on the Oak Park Township board as a trustee, 1981 to 1985, and | 12 | | as township clerk, 1985 to 1997; her knowledge of the community | 13 | | and public relations skills led to her appointment as | 14 | | communications director for Oak Park and River Forest High | 15 | | School, where she also became advisor to Tau Gamma, a girls' | 16 | | service organization; in this role, she assisted many young | 17 | | women in giving back to the community; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1999, she began a career as a certified | 19 | | financial planner until her retirement in 2005; in retirement, | 20 | | she volunteered to give financial advice to residents through | 21 | | Township Senior Services; her legendary baklava, learned from a | 22 | | Greek chef on her first trip abroad in the 1950s, was a |
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| 1 | | hallmark of many gatherings in the village; she annually | 2 | | participated in providing and delivering gift baskets and | 3 | | dinners through the Food Pantry for the holidays; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, She worked tirelessly for the Oak Park chapter of | 5 | | Zonta International and offered financial planning insights to | 6 | | the organization through service on its local and national | 7 | | boards; she participated in choosing the most promising young | 8 | | woman to receive a scholarship in the chapter's annual Young | 9 | | Woman in Public Affairs program; she was a frequent and | 10 | | gracious hostess for Zonta gatherings at her home in the | 11 | | summers, and hosted a chapter-sponsored student from Estonia, | 12 | | who lived with her the entire year she studied at Dominican | 13 | | University; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, She was a valued supporter of the Oak Park | 15 | | Conservatory and helped with fundraisers; as an apartment | 16 | | building owner, she supported the Oak Park Housing Center; she | 17 | | was a member of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist | 18 | | Congregation; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Betty Van Wyk was preceded in death by her | 20 | | parents, Lou and Val Vicha; and her niece, Kathi Ogle; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Betty Van Wyk is survived by her son, Mark (Linda | 22 | | and granddaughter Lily Lin) and her daughter, Laura (Bob); her |
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| 1 | | sister and traveling companion, Diane Ogle; her nephews, Kevin | 2 | | (Lori) and Rob Ogle; her Aunt Grace Vicha; her cousins, Eric | 3 | | and Jean Topinka, Vicki Erickson (Tony), Don (Jesse) Vicha, | 4 | | Roger, and Wayne Vicha; and neighbors and friends in every | 5 | | corner of the world; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | her family and friends, the passing of Betty Van Wyk; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Betty Van Wyk as a symbol of our | 12 | | sincere sympathy.
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