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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Merilyn 
4"Mimi" Ann Bever Browning, who passed away on March 8, 2017; 
5and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Mimi Browning was born in Madison, Wisconsin to 
7Wayne and Velma (Myers) Bever on December 11, 1937; she was 
8raised in Champaign and baptized on April 9, 1944 at First 
9Presbyterian Church; she graduated from Champaign High School 
10and the University of Illinois in 1958 with a Bachelor of Arts 
11in Home Economics in the College of Agriculture, where she 
12pledged the Pi Beta Phi sorority; she married Walter "Bud" 
13Browning on June 20, 1960; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Mimi Browning and her husband lived in 
15Schenectady, New York and Cleveland, Ohio before returning to 
16Illinois; she was active in her children's schools, where she 
17was a room mother, baseball team mom, and an advocate for the 
18arts; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Mimi Browning worked at a sewing store, and in 
201983, started a 33-year career as a travel agent in Chicago; 
21she enjoyed traveling herself and visited France, Spain, 
22England, Germany, Turkey, Thailand, and China; with the 
 
 
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1exception of Maine, she traveled to every state in the country; 
2and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Mimi Browning enjoyed Christmas, cooking, 
4reading, photography, scrapbooking, and entertaining; she 
5joined the Presbyterian Church on April 28, 2002 and was 
6ordained in 2014; she served on the Board of Deacons for three 
7years; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Mimi Browning is survived by her husband of 57 
9years, Bud; her daughter, Amy (Tom) Novicki; her son, Tom 
10(Jill) Browning; and her grandchildren, Tommy and Anna Novicki, 
11and Susannah, Eric, and Will Browning; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
13HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
14mourn the passing of Merilyn "Mimi" Ann Bever Browning, and 
15extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all 
16who knew and loved her; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to  the family of  Mimi Browning as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.