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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Helen Catherine (nee Matre) Hopkinson of |
| 4 | | River Forest, who passed away on June 9, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson was born on December 1, 1926 in |
| 6 | | Oak Park to Richard and Gertrude Matre; she graduated from |
| 7 | | Trinity High School in River Forest in 1944; she attended |
| 8 | | Syracuse University and graduated from Rosary College (now |
| 9 | | Dominican University) in River Forest; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson worked as a bookkeeper at her |
| 11 | | husband's store, Gorman Church Goods, in Oak Park; later she |
| 12 | | worked as an administrative assistant in the Obstetrics |
| 13 | | Department at Loyola University Medical Center for 12 years; |
| 14 | | upon her retirement in 1993, she moved to Valparaiso, Florida; |
| 15 | | she returned to River Forest in 2008; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson was active in Ascension Catholic |
| 17 | | Church in Oak Park and served as a Girl Scout and Cub Scout |
| 18 | | leader; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson was preceded in death by her |
| 20 | | husband, John; her siblings, Richard and sister-in-law Marilu |
| 21 | | (Flanagan) Matre, John "Punch", and Patricia (Hopkinson) |
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| 1 | | Milnamow; and her brother-in-law, Jack Kevil; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Helen Hopkinson is survived by her children, Bill |
| 3 | | (Debby), Sue, Bob (Paula), B.C. (Tim) Juettner, Joan (Mark) |
| 4 | | Stakulis, Jim (Deborah), Dave (Sally), and John; her |
| 5 | | grandchildren, Kari (Ryan) Gemmell, Mike Hopkinson, Lauren and |
| 6 | | Allison Reinke, Nicole (Brian) Acker, Bobby and Colin |
| 7 | | Hopkinson, John and Annelise Juettner, Nolan, Brian, Ciara, and |
| 8 | | Maura Hopkinson, and Cliff and Matthew Hopkinson; her |
| 9 | | sister-in-law, Jeanne (Hopkinson) Kevil; her many nieces and |
| 10 | | nephews; and her 4 great-grandchildren, Madeline, Mackenzie |
| 11 | | and Caitlin Acker, and Owen Gemmell; therefore, be it
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| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 14 | | Helen Catherine Hopkinson, and extend our sincere condolences |
| 15 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be |
| 16 | | it further
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 18 | | presented to the family of Helen Hopkinson as an expression of |
| 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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