Full Text of SR1785 100th 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 Dawn Elaine Miller of Mundelein, who | 4 | | passed away on May 18, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller was born in Chicago to John and | 6 | | Gwendolyn Schey on February 6, 1942; she earned a degree in | 7 | | gemology from Boston University; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller and her husband, Marvin, owned and | 9 | | operated bakeries in Mundelein (Miller's), Lindenhurst | 10 | | (Countryside), and Round Lake (Joseph's); she also worked for | 11 | | Rogers and Holland Jewelers; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, For over 42 years, Dawn Miller was a passionate | 13 | | leader for public education; she served Diamond Lake District | 14 | | 76 as a school board member and parent from 1973 to 1984; she | 15 | | spent nine years on the Mundelein High School District 120 | 16 | | board, four years as president, and would hand out a dollar | 17 | | bill as she congratulated each graduate noting, "This is the | 18 | | first dollar your high school graduation has earned you."; from | 19 | | 1990 to 1992, she served as vice president of the Illinois | 20 | | Association of School Boards; in 1992, she became a field | 21 | | service director and later director of executive searches for | 22 | | the Illinois Association of School Boards, where she served for |
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| 1 | | 21 years; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller also served on task forces and special | 3 | | commissions for the National Association of School Boards and | 4 | | the U.S. Department of Education; she was a frequent presenter | 5 | | at numerous national and state school board and school | 6 | | administrator conferences; her children established the Dawn | 7 | | E. Miller Spirit of Education Foundation, which annually | 8 | | presents a scholarship to an Elementary District 76 graduate | 9 | | and Mundelein High School graduate who embodies Dawn's spirit | 10 | | of service and lifelong dedication to education and its ability | 11 | | to enrich communities; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller served as a Lake County Republican | 13 | | precinct committeeman and Lake County chairwoman; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller loved precious stones, including the | 15 | | numerous stones she obtained during her 25th anniversary cruise | 16 | | with Marvin to South America; she loved all things Disney World | 17 | | and her beloved Great Danes, and for over 25 years she bred and | 18 | | showed many champion Great Danes; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller supported the downtown business | 20 | | community's Gypsy Days, Jaycees Chicken Dinners, and Mundelein | 21 | | Junior Football as a cheerleading coach; she enjoyed her life | 22 | | as a snowbird and loved her hideaway community home in Ft. |
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| 1 | | Myers, Florida, especially Merion Village and its Thursday | 2 | | night patio events and Monday night bingo and trivia; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller was preceded in death by her husband, | 4 | | Marvin; her daughter, Laura Joy; her sister, Debra Oliva; and | 5 | | her brother, Scott Schey; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dawn Miller is survived by her children, Marvin | 7 | | (Karen), Geoffrey (Sharon), Melody Miller Clegg (Dan), Valery | 8 | | Gallagher (Peter), Heather Miller Brown, and Dr. April Miller; | 9 | | her grandchildren, Stephanie, Alison (David Jarquin), Geoffrey | 10 | | Jr., Steven, Addison, Clark, Arthur, "her little buddy" Owen, | 11 | | Patrick, and Brendan; her great-grandchildren, Nathaniel and | 12 | | Alex; her sister, Jacqueline Goczeski; her brother, John | 13 | | (Deborah) Schey; and many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Dawn Elaine Miller, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Dawn Miller as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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