Full Text of SR0648 93rd General Assembly
SR0648 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the recent death of Loretta "Lollie" | 4 |
| Drew of Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Drew was a long time civic activist in | 6 |
| Waukegan and had dozens of friends sprinkled all over the | 7 |
| country; as she entered her twilight years and few | 8 |
| contemporaries remained, she continued to forge new | 9 |
| friendships; her life was remarkable in the variety of her | 10 |
| activities, but the constant was her warmth and concern for | 11 |
| others; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Drew's roots were in Chicago's North Park | 13 |
| Swedish neighborhood; she was raised by her widowed father and | 14 |
| nearby aunts and uncles, which gave her an unbreakable family | 15 |
| and community loyalty; and
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| WHEREAS, Having absorbed grammar and penmanship from her | 17 |
| older sister, Mrs. Drew skipped two primary grades; she | 18 |
| attended Hibbard High, where she hung out with a group of honor | 19 |
| students who called themselves the "Silent Six"; as others were | 20 |
| attracted to their group they amended their name to the "Silent | 21 |
| Six and Supplement"; and
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| WHEREAS, Money problems in the Depression kept her from | 23 |
| graduating after completing three years at Northwestern; she | 24 |
| worked for Marshall Fields and for the phone company in the | 25 |
| 1920s; after being set up with him in 1938, she married Richard | 26 |
| Drew; he preceded her in death; and
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| WHEREAS, During World War II, Mr. Drew was stationed in | 28 |
| South Dakota as an administrator of the Selective Service; | 29 |
| Lollie loved the Black Hills; she took courses in geology and | 30 |
| developed a lifelong interest in the Sioux at the Red Cloud |
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| Indian School; and
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| WHEREAS, The 1950s and 1960s were high points of civic | 3 |
| activism for Lollie; she was a charter member and President of | 4 |
| the League of Women Voters, was active in the Christian Family | 5 |
| Movement, the Girl Scouts, the YWCA, the Panel of American | 6 |
| Women, the Friends of the Library, and Women for Peace; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Drew made her home on McAree Rd. into a | 8 |
| perfect place for organizational meetings and uncounted family | 9 |
| parties; baking bread and cakes were part of her weekly | 10 |
| routine, and a collection of antiques made for interesting | 11 |
| conversation; she preserved farm wagons and horseshoeing | 12 |
| implements as an informal museum of the Drew past in her | 13 |
| garage; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Drew traveled extensively; in the 1950s she | 15 |
| was the initiator of family camping trips to the great national | 16 |
| parks of the west; in later years, she and Rich went by motor | 17 |
| home as far as Alaska and rafted down the Colorado River; they | 18 |
| took trips in search of both Swedish and Irish roots; and
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| WHEREAS, As a result of two eye injuries, Mrs. Drew was | 20 |
| blinded at the age of 86; she learned to type at a computer | 21 |
| keyboard and collaborated with her son, Bill, in the | 22 |
| development of the talking computer, which she used daily for | 23 |
| email correspondence with friends near and far; she founded a | 24 |
| Low Vision Support Group and was given a service award from the | 25 |
| American Academy of Ophthalmology; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Loretta "Lollie" Drew has been | 27 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her children, Judge Jane Waller | 28 |
| and her husband, Lake County States Attorney Mike Waller; Nora | 29 |
| Renzulli, who is an attorney in New York; William and wife, | 30 |
| Gloria; and John and wife, Lauren; her grandchildren, Patrick | 31 |
| and John Waller, Richard and William Drew, Jr., Dante and |
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| Christina Renzulli, and Nick Drew; and her numerous nieces and | 2 |
| nephews; therefore, be it | 3 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 |
| Loretta "Lollie" Drew, and we extend our sincerest condolences | 6 |
| to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 7 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Mrs. Drew as an expression of our | 10 |
| deep sadness for their loss.
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