Full Text of SR1326 101st 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 Ellen F. Whalen, who passed away on April | 4 | | 10, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ellen Whalen was born in Washington, D.C. to | 6 | | Bernard and Belle (Simonson) Foucault on January 19, 1937; she | 7 | | earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of | 8 | | Cincinnati in 1958 and was a member of the Honor Society of | 9 | | Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International; she completed two years | 10 | | of graduate school, also at the University of Cincinnati; she | 11 | | married James Joseph Whalen, and they settled in Waukegan in | 12 | | the 1960s; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Ellen Whalen's specialty was psychiatric nursing; | 14 | | she served as a registered nurse at several hospitals, | 15 | | including Victory Memorial, St. Therese, and the VA hospital in | 16 | | North Chicago; she was also a certified addictions counselor | 17 | | and worked in the chemical dependency unit at Victory Memorial | 18 | | Hospital and at the Lake County Alcoholism Treatment Center; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ellen Whalen enjoyed being a Cub Scout and Boy | 21 | | Scout leader and orchestrated many scouting adventures; she | 22 | | played piano, and all six of her children played various |
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| 1 | | musical instruments; she enjoyed celebrating her Norwegian | 2 | | heritage and had become an accomplished rosemaler, winning | 3 | | numerous awards; she enjoyed attending estate and garage sales | 4 | | and often bought wood products to sand, repair, and paint; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Ellen Whalen was an active member of the Sons of | 6 | | Norway, first the Kenosha chapter and more recently the Racine | 7 | | chapter; she was a member of St. Anastasia Church and more | 8 | | recently St. Dismas Church; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ellen Whalen was preceded in death by her husband, | 10 | | James, and her parents; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ellen Whalen is survived by her children, Anne | 12 | | O'Connell (Larry Obermeyer), Thomas (Fran Mason), Matthew | 13 | | (Barbara), Sue, Joseph (Carolyn), and Daniel (Mina) Whalen; her | 14 | | grandchildren, Patrick O'Connell and Rebecca, Emily, Kristen, | 15 | | Katelyn, Gregory, Sam, Edward, Andrew, and Jayden Whalen; her | 16 | | brother, James (Bea) Foucault; her sister, Kathleen (Charles) | 17 | | Van Tilberg; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and | 18 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Ellen F. Whalen and extend our sincere condolences to her | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Ellen Whalen as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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