Full Text of HR0457 102nd 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 Bonnie | 4 | | Noble of Peoria, who passed away on September 9, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Noble was born to Robert and Laura West in | 6 | | River Forest on August 11, 1941; she attended Oak Park River | 7 | | Forest High School; she graduated from the University of | 8 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in | 9 | | Recreation and Park Administration; she married the love of | 10 | | her life, Kent Noble, in River Forest on April 25, 1964; in | 11 | | 1968, she and her husband moved to Peoria and had three | 12 | | daughters, Cindy, Kristen, and Jamie; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1973, Bonnie Noble was the first woman elected | 14 | | as a trustee of the Peoria Park District; over the next 43 | 15 | | years, she would continue to preside in a leadership capacity | 16 | | for the park district; she served 19 years as a trustee and | 17 | | board president and 24 years as the executive director; during | 18 | | her tenure as executive director, the Peoria Park District | 19 | | received the 1994, 2001, and 2010 National Gold Medal Awards | 20 | | for excellence in park and recreation management and | 21 | | accreditation as one of the first Illinois Distinguished Park | 22 | | Districts; in 2004, she was inducted as a fellow into the | 23 | | American Academy for Parks and Recreation, a national group |
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| 1 | | limited to 125 practicing professionals; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Noble's major accomplishments as executive | 3 | | director were partnering with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | 4 | | to build the downtown RiverPlex Recreation and Wellness | 5 | | Center, the development and completion of the Rock Island | 6 | | Trail in 2013, including the Knoxville Avenue bridge, leading | 7 | | efforts to establish the Peoria Playhouse Children's Museum, | 8 | | and tripling the size of the Peoria Zoo by leading a capital | 9 | | campaign in 2009; the Peoria Park District Board of Trustees | 10 | | honored her "total commitment and dedication to the citizens | 11 | | and employees of the Peoria Park District" by naming their new | 12 | | administration offices the Bonnie W. Noble Center for Park | 13 | | District Administration in 2013; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After her retirement in April of 2016, Bonnie | 15 | | Noble received the Joseph Bannon Practitioner Award, the | 16 | | Jaycees Good Government Award, the Peoria Area Chamber of | 17 | | Commerce Athena Award, and the Ray A. Neumann Tri-County | 18 | | Citizen of the Year Award, among others; she was also the | 19 | | recipient of the Charles K. Brightbill Distinguished Alumni | 20 | | Award, awarded annually by the Department of Recreation, Sport | 21 | | and Tourism at the University of Illinois; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Noble's greatest accomplishment was the | 23 | | positive impact the Peoria Park District has had on hundreds |
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| 1 | | of thousands of people, the people she worked with every day | 2 | | and the families and individuals that have enjoyed the | 3 | | beautiful parks, golf courses, and facilities throughout | 4 | | Peoria; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bonnie Noble is survived by her husband of 57 | 6 | | years, Kent Noble; their daughters, Cindy (Shannon) Noble, | 7 | | Kristen (Darin) LaHood, and Jamie (Dan) Hogan; her five | 8 | | cherished grandsons, McKay, Lucas, and Theodore LaHood and | 9 | | Maxwell and Thatcher Hogan; and her brother, Robert C. (David) | 10 | | West; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn the passing of Bonnie Noble and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | her; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Bonnie Noble as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy and in gratitude for her service to her | 19 | | county and community.
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