Full Text of HR0414 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jean | 4 | | Louise (nee Carpenter) Mooring of Glen Ellyn, who passed away | 5 | | on February 4, 2013; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was born on April 2, 1926, in | 7 | | Madison, Wisconsin; she received a bachelors degree from | 8 | | Wellesley College in 1947 and for a time afterwards, attended | 9 | | the University of Wisconsin; she married Paul Mooring in 1948 | 10 | | and they moved to the Chicago area in 1951; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was a lifelong environmentalist; she | 12 | | dedicated numerous hours to the building and maintenance of the | 13 | | Illinois Prairie Path, a 61-mile pedestrian and bike trail, and | 14 | | worked on it for 48 of its 50 year history; she was the editor | 15 | | of the Illinois Prairie Path newsletter for 16 years and served | 16 | | on the group's board of directors for 32 years; in 1988, | 17 | | Prairie Path volunteers received a national Take Pride in | 18 | | America Award, accepted by Jean & Paul Mooring at a White House | 19 | | ceremony; she did much to make Glen Ellyn and the DuPage County | 20 | | area a far better place to live and enjoy life; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was a longtime member of the | 22 | | Conservation Foundation, a non-profit group that protects open |
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| 1 | | space in DuPage, Will, Kendall, and Kane Counties; she had been | 2 | | a member of the DuPage County Environmental Commission since | 3 | | 1991; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was preceded in death by her sister, | 5 | | Barbara Rettgen; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Jean Mooring is survived by her husband of 64 | 7 | | years, Paul; her daughters, Cecily Mooring, Carol (John) | 8 | | Larson, and Margaret (Robert Foster) Mooring; her | 9 | | grandchildren, Elizabeth Lee, Paul Hamm, Morgan Hamm, Kelinda | 10 | | Larson, and Benjamin Larson; and her great-grandchildren, | 11 | | Adelynn Lee and Nathan Lee; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of Jean Mooring, and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | her; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Jean Mooring as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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