Full Text of SR0357 95th General Assembly
SR0357 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Lori Newsham of Wheaton, who passed away | 4 |
| on August 27, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Lori Newsham grew up in Wheaton; she was the | 6 |
| second of 10 children and the oldest daughter of A. James and | 7 |
| Loretta Newsham; and
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| WHEREAS, Lori Newsham attended St. Michael's School, St. | 9 |
| Francis High School, and Benedictine University in Lisle, where | 10 |
| she studied theology and literature; she then earned her | 11 |
| master's degree and later completed the diocese's pastoral | 12 |
| leadership program; she was an advocate of lifelong learning, | 13 |
| and led by example with her continuous education throughout her | 14 |
| life; and
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| WHEREAS, Lori Newsham worked as manager of the book | 16 |
| department for the Wheaton Religious Gift and Church Supplies | 17 |
| for nearly 30 years; she was well-known throughout the Joliet | 18 |
| and Chicago areas for her knowledge of the Catholic publishing | 19 |
| market, with church professionals and officials with the | 20 |
| Christian Booksellers Association and Liturgy Training | 21 |
| Publications in Chicago seeking her expertise on a regular | 22 |
| basis; and
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| WHEREAS, Lori Newsham was a devoted parishioner of St. | 2 |
| Michael's Church in Wheaton, who served on the church's | 3 |
| building and design committee and art and environment | 4 |
| subcommittee during the rebuilding of the church; she also | 5 |
| aided new parishioners to the church, helping them with the | 6 |
| Rite of Christian Initiation; and
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| WHEREAS, Lori Newsham is survived by her mother and her | 8 |
| siblings, Don (Vicky), Terrence (Victoria), Kathleen, and | 9 |
| James Newsham, Mary (Joseph) LoMastro, Ruth York, Jacquelyn | 10 |
| (James) Howard, and Margaret (Michael) Evans, and Christine | 11 |
| Feldy; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Lori Newsham; and be it | 15 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Lori Newsham as an expression of our | 18 |
| sympathy.
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