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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
Barbara Hamsmith of Aurora, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on August 31, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith was born on February 24, 1950, in | ||||||
| 6 | Aurora; her parents were Frank Sr. and Norma (Musso) Guzauskas; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith earned her bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 9 | accounting from North Central College in 2009 after going back | ||||||
| 10 | to college part-time for 11 years; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Over the years, Barbara Hamsmith worked as a | ||||||
| 12 | secretary, computer programmer, material handling sales | ||||||
| 13 | specialist, and bookkeeper; she also enjoyed working side by | ||||||
| 14 | side with her husband for many years in his accounting | ||||||
| 15 | practice; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith was a church organist for more | ||||||
| 17 | than 40 years, first at St. Peter's Church in Aurora and then | ||||||
| 18 | at Holy Angels Church; she also served as an Extraordinary | ||||||
| 19 | Minister at Holy Angels; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith enjoyed making breakfast on | ||||||
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| 1 | Sundays after early Mass with her husband, antiquing, spending | ||||||
| 2 | quality time with her family, bowling, baking, and gardening; | ||||||
| 3 | and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 5 | parents; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, Barbara Hamsmith is survived by her beloved | ||||||
| 7 | husband of 40 years, Jerry; her wonderful children, Matthew | ||||||
| 8 | (Lisa) and Rachel; her granddaughter, Cecilia; her sisters, | ||||||
| 9 | Karen (William) Oleckno and Jeannie (Daniel) Currie; her | ||||||
| 10 | brother, Frank (Elizabeth) Guzauskas; her many special nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, and grandnephews; and her best friends, Patrick and | ||||||
| 12 | Mary Dougherty; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | her family and friends, the passing of Barbara Hamsmith; 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 Barbara Hamsmith as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our sympathy.
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