Full Text of SR0688 093rd General Assembly
SR0688 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 death of Mildred Christensen on | 4 |
| August 14, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mildred was born on a farm in Libertyville on | 6 |
| October 6, 1921 to Joseph and Kazmira Balonis; she graduated | 7 |
| from Waukegan High School in 1939; she worked at the Ship | 8 |
| Service Department at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the | 9 |
| 1940s; she was a volunteer for the Red Cross during World War | 10 |
| II; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 30, 1947, she married John Christensen, a | 12 |
| Purple Heart veteran; they had four children; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked for over 30 years for Waukegan Township | 14 |
| and Lake County; from 1950 to 1963, she worked for various | 15 |
| offices, including the Board of Review, Supervisor of | 16 |
| Assessments, and the Lake County Treasurer's office; in 1963, | 17 |
| she worked for the Waukegan Township Assessor's Office as a | 18 |
| secretary for Francis "Pat" Corrigan and, in 1973, the Waukegan | 19 |
| Township Board appointed her "First Woman" as assessor to | 20 |
| finish the term of Pat Corrigan; in 1974, she worked for the | 21 |
| Lake County Treasurer's Office and she retired in 1983; and
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| WHEREAS, After retiring, Mildred was a volunteer worker for | 23 |
| Meals on Wheels; she enjoyed spending her retirement with her | 24 |
| family and friends; she especially enjoyed watching her | 25 |
| grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, John | 27 |
| Christensen, who passed away in 1998, and by her son, John | 28 |
| Christensen, Jr., who passed away in 1982; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mildred Christensen will be felt by |
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| all who knew and loved her, especially her son, Carl | 2 |
| Christensen; her daughters, Sue (Gerald) Rasmussen and Kathy | 3 |
| Meyer; and her grandchildren, Kari, Mike, Eric, and Michelle; | 4 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 |
| all who knew and loved her, the death of Mildred Christensen; | 8 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Mildred Christensen as an
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| of our sincere condolences.
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