Full Text of SR0794 97th 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 Jane Shugg Elkins of Hinsdale, who passed | 4 | | away on April 27, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born in 1919 in Huntington, West Virginia; | 6 | | she received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College | 7 | | Class of 1940; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In her pursuits, she often stepped outside | 9 | | boundaries and discovered herself to be the first person to do | 10 | | so; when Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service, or | 11 | | W.A.V.E.S., was established in 1942, she immediately enlisted | 12 | | and was the first commissioned officer from Michigan during | 13 | | World War II; when she entered Northwestern Law School, she was | 14 | | one of 4 women in the first class of returning veterans; when | 15 | | she became interested in antique cars and purchased a Model A | 16 | | Ford, she had to get special permission from the superintendent | 17 | | of schools to enroll in an all men's course on 4-cylinder | 18 | | engines; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Her vision of life was more than could be filled | 20 | | in one activity, one vocation or a single life; her interests | 21 | | and ventures were boundless; she wore many hats with flair and | 22 | | grace during her lifetime, as a mother, attorney, entrepreneur, |
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| 1 | | Hinsdale village trustee, and as a member of the League of | 2 | | Women Voters, Embroiders Guild, Lyric Opera, Chicago Symphony, | 3 | | and Music of the Baroque; she enjoyed traveling, art class, | 4 | | breeding springer spaniels, cats, antique cars, bridge, book | 5 | | groups, botany, and making beads; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, She was one of the first women to serve on the | 7 | | Board of Trustees at Union Church; she has also served on the | 8 | | committees to search for Union Church's last 3 pastors, | 9 | | minister of music, and the Illinois Conference Minister; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jane Shugg Elkins was the beloved wife of the late | 11 | | Robert Hiatt Elkins Sr. for 52 years; she was the loving mother | 12 | | of 5 children, Margaret Templet-Drummond, Elizabeth Louise | 13 | | Elkins, Catherine Killgore Elkins, Robert Hiatt Elkins Jr., and | 14 | | Susan Elkins Kneisel; and a proud grandmother of 5 | 15 | | grandchildren, Melissa Ann Templet, Megan Elizabeth Templet, | 16 | | Lauren Elizabeth Kneisel, Andrew Killgore Kneisel, and | 17 | | Alexander Hiatt Kneisel; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 | | her family and friends, the passing of Jane Shugg Elkins; and | 21 | | be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Jane Shugg Elkins as a symbol of our | 2 | | sincere sympathy.
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