| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Gloria Anne Kittell Hannas on December | ||||||
4 | 18, 2018 at the age of 91; and
| ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas was born on May 22, 1927 in Newark, | ||||||
6 | New Jersey to Noel E. and Virgiline Kittell; and
| ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas graduated from Woodbridge High | ||||||
8 | School and attended Indiana University, where she graduated | ||||||
9 | with a B.A. in 1949; she worked for J. Walter Thompson and | ||||||
10 | earned her M.A. at Northwestern University in 1972; she earned | ||||||
11 | a teacher's certificate and began a 20-year career as a high | ||||||
12 | school French teacher at Riverside Brookfield High School, | ||||||
13 | Thornton Township, and later Thornwood High School; during her | ||||||
14 | retirement, she became a private French consultant and tutor | ||||||
15 | for students and for adults going abroad; she was also a | ||||||
16 | passionate volunteer advocate for people she felt were in need | ||||||
17 | of support and freedom; and
| ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, In 1950, Gloria Hannas married Warren F. Hannas | ||||||
19 | and lived in La Grange for 60 years; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas served as a commissioner from First | ||||||
21 | Presbyterian Church of La Grange at the meetings of the Chicago |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Presbytery; she worked with the Chicago Presbytery's Middle | ||||||
2 | East Task Force and Peacemaking Mission Team and advocated for | ||||||
3 | justice in Central and South America; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas was a progressive who spoke out for | ||||||
5 | social justice and world peace and was greatly admired for her | ||||||
6 | dedication, enthusiasm, and willingness to work for peace and | ||||||
7 | justice; she received a Humanitarian Award from the La Grange | ||||||
8 | NAACP; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas moved to Oak Park to an apartment in | ||||||
10 | the Oak Park Arms in 2010 to live in a community where | ||||||
11 | integrated housing was desired and where people practiced | ||||||
12 | inclusion; she was active with the Oak Park Arms' Readers | ||||||
13 | Theater and its book club; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas became an active member of First | ||||||
15 | United Church of Oak Park, where she attended Sunday morning | ||||||
16 | adult education seminars and weekly Bible studies on a variety | ||||||
17 | of topics; she was on the church's Faith in Action Committee; | ||||||
18 | in addition, she tutored elementary children as part of her | ||||||
19 | church's Cluster tutoring program for inner city youth; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, Once she needed assistance, Gloria Hannas moved to | ||||||
21 | Overland Park, Kansas to be near family in 2017; she faithfully | ||||||
22 | attended Village Presbyterian Church as long as she was able; |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and
| ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas loved cats her entire life and had | ||||||
3 | the pleasure of having two snowshoe cats, Lili and Sasha most | ||||||
4 | recently, and Minou before them; and
| ||||||
5 | WHEREAS, Gloria Hannas is survived by her children, Barbara | ||||||
6 | (Hannas) Johnson and Stuart Hannas; her grandchildren, Sarah | ||||||
7 | Payne and Chris Payne; her great-grandchildren; her niece, | ||||||
8 | Cindy (Hannas) D'Esterre; and her nephews, Scott Hannas, Steve | ||||||
9 | Hannas, and Craig Hannas; therefore, be it
| ||||||
10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Gloria Anne Kittell Hannas and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
13 | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | ||||||
14 | it further
| ||||||
15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Gloria Hannas as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
|