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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened 
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to learn of the death of Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby of Godfrey on 
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April 23, 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby is a native of Portland, 
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Maine; she was born to Earle and Margaret Jacoby; she received 
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an associate's degree from Colby Junior College in New 
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Hampshire and a bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in 
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Syracuse, New York; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Some mutual friends introduced Mrs. Jacoby to 
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Casper John Jacoby III of Alton, who had just graduated from 
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the Harvard Business School and was working for the Olin Corp., 
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in New Haven, Connecticut; they were married in 1954; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The couple moved to Godfrey in 1961 and joined in 
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the family-owned Jacoby Furniture Co. in Alton, which was 
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started in 1883; while serving as director of the company, Mrs. 
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Jacoby devoted more than 40 years of volunteer work to the 
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Alton area; she served as president of the Chapter GG PEO 
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Sisterhood and was an avid volunteer to the Junior Service 
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League and the Alton Community Service League; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Jacoby was a longtime member of the First 
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Presbyterian Church in Alton, where she and a group of women 
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volunteered their time tutoring children in the Alton school 
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system for more than 10 years; and
 
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    WHEREAS, In 2000, Mrs. Jacoby and her husband received the 
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Circle of Care Award by the Riverbend Head Start and Family 
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Services for a lifetime of committed service to the community; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby will be 
 


 






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deeply felt by many, especially her husband, Casper John Jacoby 
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III; her daughter, Karen Sinunu; her son, Casper John Jacoby 
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IV; her two sisters, Margaret Fleming and Jane Painter; and her 
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four grandchildren; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby along with all who knew and loved her 
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and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and 
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community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Elizabeth "Betty" Jacoby as an 
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expression of our deepest sympathy.