Full Text of SR2156 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 Jean A. Omara, who passed away on May 23, | 4 | | 2018 at the age of 91; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Omara was born at West Suburban Hospital in | 6 | | Oak Park to Tom and Berdena Omara on May 12, 1927; she was a | 7 | | longtime resident of Oak Park, where she was raised with her | 8 | | sister, Marjorie; she graduated from Oak Park and River Forest | 9 | | High School in 1945; she then graduated from both Stephens | 10 | | College in Columbia, Missouri and DePauw University in | 11 | | Greencastle, Indiana; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jean Omara was a longtime employee of Booz Allen | 13 | | Hamilton in Chicago; upon retirement, she served as the | 14 | | associate director of the Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of | 15 | | Commerce and worked for Pilgrim Realty; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Jean Omara was a faithful and devoted member of | 17 | | the Episcopal Church in River Forest and a member of the | 18 | | Episcopal Church Women; she was committed to the Oak Park River | 19 | | Forest Community, which included many years of service to West | 20 | | Suburban Hospital and Zonta International; in her later years, | 21 | | she lived at the Beacon Hill Retirement Center in Lombard; she | 22 | | was kind and generous; her final wish was to donate her brain |
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| 1 | | to Rush Memory Clinic for scientific research toward finding a | 2 | | cure for Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jean Omara was preceded in death by her adored | 4 | | sister, Marjorie (the late Bob) Maxwell; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Omara is survived by her nephew, Tom | 6 | | (Deborah) Maxwell; her great-niece, Kathleen Maxwell; her | 7 | | cousin, Virginia (Walter) Bell, and their children and | 8 | | grandchildren; and Susan (Richard) Conrad; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Jean A. Omara and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 12 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Jean Omara as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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