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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Bessie Tsausis of Gurnee, who passed away 
4on March 5, 2018; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Bessie Tsausis was born in Waukegan to Tony and 
6Helen (Pilafas) Tsausis on December 18, 1933; she attended 
7Central School, where the Waukegan Public Library presently 
8stands, and  graduated from Waukegan High School in 1951; she 
9graduated from Lake Forest College in 1955; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Bessie Tsausis worked as  a teacher for over  37 
11years in the Waukegan school district, mostly at Thomas 
12Jefferson Jr. H.S.; she retired in 1994; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Bessie Tsausis spent winters at her condo in 
14Bradenton, Florida; she was active with the  League of Women 
15Voters, Friends of Waukegan Library, AFT/IFT, and the Retired 
16Teachers Association; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Bessie Tsausis founded the Waukegan Chapter of the 
18Delta Kappa Gamma Education Society in 1963; she was a founder 
19of Sunday School and was a teacher and supervisor for 39 years; 
20she was honored as "Mother of the Year" in 2005 by the Greek 
21Community; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Bessie Tsausis is survived by her sister, Ethel, 
2and her brother, John; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
5Bessie Tsausis, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
6family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
7further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to  the family of  Bessie Tsausis as an expression of 
10our deepest sympathy.