Full Text of SR0810 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Ruth Josephine Youngerman of | 4 | | Champaign, who passed away on December 28, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Youngerman was born to Isaac Kuhn and Rose | 6 | | Adler in Champaign on July 17, 1914; she graduated from the | 7 | | University School for Girls in Chicago; she then returned to | 8 | | Champaign and attended the University of Illinois, where she | 9 | | graduated from the College of Liberal Arts with a degree in | 10 | | Economics in 1935; she earned a degree in Business from the | 11 | | Simmons School for Women in Boston in 1936; she married Dr. | 12 | | William M. Youngerman in March 1938, and he preceded her in | 13 | | death in 1975; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Youngerman wrote advertising copy for her | 15 | | family's store, Joseph Kuhn & Co., until she was married with | 16 | | children; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In her younger adult years, Ruth Youngerman and | 18 | | her friends borrowed their parents' cars to ferry mothers and | 19 | | children to food banks and to Burnham and Mercy hospitals for | 20 | | pre-natal care and baby check-ups with volunteer doctors; in | 21 | | her later adult years, she cared for elderly friends who were | 22 | | ill by driving them to their medical appointments and mailing |
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| 1 | | them New Yorker cartoons to raise their spirits, maintaining | 2 | | her lifelong habit of taking care of others; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Youngerman was a founding member of the | 4 | | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra Board in 1959; she led | 5 | | fundraising and recruiting efforts to form the volunteer | 6 | | Symphony Guild and served as its first president in 1962; she | 7 | | was also instrumental in the opening of the Krannert Art | 8 | | Museum, where she participated in several group excursions led | 9 | | by the museum's director; she was a founding volunteer and | 10 | | contributor in forging the early connection of local WILL | 11 | | radio and TV station to the fledging national Corporation for | 12 | | Public Broadcasting (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), | 13 | | which led to the arrival of Sesame Street and All Things | 14 | | Considered in downstate Illinois; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Youngerman received the distinction of the | 16 | | Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra dedicating its 60th | 17 | | anniversary performance to her, and the orchestra played | 18 | | Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in her honor, a piece she heard | 19 | | during the orchestra's first season; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Youngerman enjoyed swimming, golfing, and | 21 | | playing tennis; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Youngerman is survived by her children, Dr. |
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| 1 | | William D. (Candace Branigan) Youngerman, Dr. Joseph K. | 2 | | (Ronnie Scharfman) Youngerman, and Kay Ann Youngerman; her | 3 | | nephew, Michael Wiese; her grandchildren, Ethan, Zach, and | 4 | | Erik; her twin step-grandchildren; and her three | 5 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
| 8 | | Ruth Josephine Youngerman and extend our sincere
condolences | 9 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be | 10 | | it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 12 | | presented to the family of Ruth Youngerman as an expression of
| 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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