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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Jeanne L. Garrett, who passed away on 
4August 25, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett was born on December 17, 1922, in 
6Milwaukee, Wisconsin; her parents were Anna E. Lucas and 
7Nicholas F. Lucas; she grew up in West Allis, Wisconsin as a 
8dedicated Girl Scout and loved spending summers at a family 
9farm in Paw Paw, Michigan; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett graduated from West Allis Central 
11High School, where she met her husband, Roscoe Garrett, in 
121938; the couple eventually married on September 7, 1943; she 
13also attended the University of Wisconsin and served as 
14Secretary to the Dean of Engineering at the University of 
15Maine; in 1958, she and her husband moved to Deerfield, where 
16she was an active member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, the 
17Deerfield Women's Club, and the Patty Turner Senior Center; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett was a lifelong bridge player, most 
19recently at the Townley Women's Club of Deerfield; she was also 
20an active contributor to dozens of charity organizations, 
21including the Covenant House and Father Flanagan's Boys' Home; 
22and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett was preceded in death by her 
2daughter, Sally; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Jeanne Garrett is survived by her husband, Roscoe; 
4her sisters, Norine and Patricia; her brother, Nicholas; her 
5children, Scott (Susan), Jack and Paul (Sharon); and her 
6grandchildren, Maria, Brett, Elizabeth, Alison and Benjamin; 
7therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
10her family and friends, the passing of Jeanne L. Garrett; and 
11be it further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of Jeanne Garrett as an expression of 
14our sympathy.