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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Jean 
4Louise (nee Carpenter) Mooring of Glen Ellyn, who passed away 
5on February 4, 2013; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was born on April 2, 1926, in 
7Madison, Wisconsin; she received a bachelors degree from 
8Wellesley College in 1947 and for a time afterwards, attended 
9the University of Wisconsin; she married Paul Mooring in 1948 
10and they moved to the Chicago area in 1951; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was a lifelong environmentalist; she 
12dedicated numerous hours to the building and maintenance of the 
13Illinois Prairie Path, a 61-mile pedestrian and bike trail, and 
14worked on it for 48 of its 50 year history; she was the editor 
15of the Illinois Prairie Path newsletter for 16 years and served 
16on the group's board of directors for 32 years; in 1988, 
17Prairie Path volunteers received a national Take Pride in 
18America Award, accepted by Jean & Paul Mooring at a White House 
19ceremony; she did much to make Glen Ellyn and the DuPage County 
20area a far better place to live and enjoy life; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was a longtime member of the 
22Conservation Foundation, a non-profit group that protects open 
 
 
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1space in DuPage, Will, Kendall, and Kane Counties; she had been 
2a member of the DuPage County Environmental Commission since 
31991; and
  
 
  
4    WHEREAS, Jean Mooring was preceded in death by her sister, 
5Barbara Rettgen; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Jean Mooring is survived by her husband of 64 
7years, Paul; her daughters, Cecily Mooring, Carol (John) 
8Larson, and Margaret (Robert Foster) Mooring; her 
9grandchildren, Elizabeth Lee, Paul Hamm, Morgan Hamm, Kelinda 
10Larson, and Benjamin Larson; and her great-grandchildren, 
11Adelynn Lee and Nathan Lee; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
13NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
14we mourn the passing of Jean Mooring, and extend our sincere 
15condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
16her; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Jean Mooring as an expression of our 
19deepest sympathy.