SR0851 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Megan B. Oppenheimer (nee, Turner) of Naperville, who passed away on April 30, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Megan, a 13-year resident of Naperville (formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania), was born in Long Beach, California on October 7, 1963; she attended Woodrow Wilson High School, Long Beach, California, and later attended Glendale Community College in Glendale, California, and the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, where she met her husband, Richard; and

WHEREAS, Megan was the Co-Director of Kid's Day Out preschool at Wesley United Methodist Church in Naperville, and was dearly loved by all of her students; and

WHEREAS, She was a sustaining member of the Junior League of Kane and DuPage Counties (JLKD); she was instrumental on the JLKD Name Change Committee, Chaired the Orientation, New Member, and Transfer Committees, served on the Fundraising Committee, was the Education coordinator, she served on the JLKD Board of Directors and also worked on the JLKD Parent's Pantry project; and

WHEREAS, She served on the board of the Naperville Area Humane Society, where she was instrumental in developing small donation fundraising events, spearheading the Concert in the Park event, and was the single largest individual volunteer fundraiser in the virtual Adopt-a-Thon event; and

WHEREAS, Megan B. Oppenheimer is survived by her children, Andrew, Bryan, and Hannah Oppenheimer; her husband, Richard Oppenheimer, and her loving golden-retriever, Brooklyn; her parents, Judy Babineau (McCarthy); and Tim Turner; her sisters, Janet Hebb and Linda (Hebb) Herz; and many loving cousins and friends; she was a beloved daughter-in-law to Yvonne and Robert Oppenheimer; grandchild-in-law of Miriam Oppenheimer; and sister-in-law to Karl Oppenheimer; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Megan Oppenheimer; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Megan Oppenheimer as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.