Full Text of SR0542 99th 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 Nancy Lee Turgasen Bates of Danville, who | 4 | | passed away on April 5, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates was born in Louisville, Kentucky on | 6 | | February 12, 1934 to Vernon Louis and Julie Meier Turgasen; she | 7 | | attended Crete schools and graduated from
Iowa State University | 8 | | in 1956
with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
Education; | 9 | | she was a member of
Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Nu honor | 10 | | societies
and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority; she married Keith | 11 | | Allen Bates, DVM, on August 24, 1956 at Crete Methodist Church; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, While her husband was in the military, Nancy Bates | 14 | | taught school in Seattle, Washington and then part-time in | 15 | | Georgetown and Danville; she was active in parent-teacher | 16 | | associations and music booster organizations and was a Great | 17 | | Books leader; she worked with the Lakeview Hospital Junior | 18 | | Board, the Junior Services Club, the Danville Symphony Guild, | 19 | | and the P.E.O. Sisterhood; she was on the board of the | 20 | | Christian Home for Youth and the Danville Rescue Mission; she | 21 | | served as President of the League of Women Voters and the | 22 | | Salvation Army Auxiliary and was active on several local school | 23 | | and community referendum committees, including the Committee |
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| 1 | | for Middlefork Reservoir; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1980, Nancy Bates was elected to the Board of | 3 | | Trustees at Danville Area Community College and was the first | 4 | | female board Chair for her final 2 years, ending in 1999; | 5 | | during this time, she was active with the Illinois Community | 6 | | College Trustees Association, serving as secretary, regional | 7 | | Chair, and on several committees; in 1999, she received the | 8 | | Association of Community College Trustees' Trustee Leadership | 9 | | Award for the Central U.S. Region and was the recipient of the | 10 | | annual Athena Award from the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce; | 11 | | in 2014, she was named Director Emeritus of the Danville Area | 12 | | Community College Foundation; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates and her husband enjoyed traveling and | 14 | | volunteering; she was a member of the Danville Garden Club, the | 15 | | Clover Club, and the P.E.O.; she served as an officer of the | 16 | | Lincoln Park Historic District Homeowners Association and on | 17 | | the Webster Foundation and the Danville Area Community College | 18 | | Foundation boards; she enjoyed needlework and golf; she was an | 19 | | elder in the Presbyterian Church and served in many capacities | 20 | | at St. James United Methodist Church; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates was preceded in death by her parents; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates is survived by her sister, Susan | 2 | | Sawyer; her husband, Keith; her son, Brian Keith Bates | 3 | | (Patricia) and his 2 sons, Johnathon "Jake" and Nick; and Dr. | 4 | | Becky Jo Estill (Scott) and her 2 daughters, Sara and Caitlin; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Nancy Lee Turgasen Bates, and extend our sincere condolences | 9 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Nancy Bates as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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