SR0794 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Jane Shugg Elkins of Hinsdale, who passed away on April 27, 2012; and

WHEREAS, She was born in 1919 in Huntington, West Virginia; she received her undergraduate degree from Wellesley College Class of 1940; and

WHEREAS, In her pursuits, she often stepped outside boundaries and discovered herself to be the first person to do so; when Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service, or W.A.V.E.S., was established in 1942, she immediately enlisted and was the first commissioned officer from Michigan during World War II; when she entered Northwestern Law School, she was one of 4 women in the first class of returning veterans; when she became interested in antique cars and purchased a Model A Ford, she had to get special permission from the superintendent of schools to enroll in an all men's course on 4-cylinder engines; and

WHEREAS, Her vision of life was more than could be filled in one activity, one vocation or a single life; her interests and ventures were boundless; she wore many hats with flair and grace during her lifetime, as a mother, attorney, entrepreneur, Hinsdale village trustee, and as a member of the League of Women Voters, Embroiders Guild, Lyric Opera, Chicago Symphony, and Music of the Baroque; she enjoyed traveling, art class, breeding springer spaniels, cats, antique cars, bridge, book groups, botany, and making beads; and

WHEREAS, She was one of the first women to serve on the Board of Trustees at Union Church; she has also served on the committees to search for Union Church's last 3 pastors, minister of music, and the Illinois Conference Minister; and

WHEREAS, Jane Shugg Elkins was the beloved wife of the late Robert Hiatt Elkins Sr. for 52 years; she was the loving mother of 5 children, Margaret Templet-Drummond, Elizabeth Louise Elkins, Catherine Killgore Elkins, Robert Hiatt Elkins Jr., and Susan Elkins Kneisel; and a proud grandmother of 5 grandchildren, Melissa Ann Templet, Megan Elizabeth Templet, Lauren Elizabeth Kneisel, Andrew Killgore Kneisel, and Alexander Hiatt Kneisel; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Jane Shugg Elkins; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Jane Shugg Elkins as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.