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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Lilas Jean Beebe of Rockford, who passed 
4away on August 14, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lilas Beebe was born on November 19, 1932, in 
6Belvidere to Vernon and Marie (Druck) Lowe; she graduated from 
7Marengo High School in 1950; she married Harold Beebe on August 
816, 1953; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Lilas Beebe worked at Marengo High School and 
10later as a bank teller at Marengo State Bank (now BMO Harris 
11Bank); and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Lilas Beebe was active at the First Baptist Church 
13in Marengo, where she sung in the church choir; she enjoyed 
14spending winters in The Villages retirement community in 
15Florida, traveling with her husband to the Holy Land, doing 
16crossword puzzles, and watching her favorite TV shows; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Lilas Beebe was preceded in death by her husband, 
18Harold; her parents; her in-laws, Harry and Oleda Beebe; her 
19sister, Marialyce Winkelman; her brother, Vernon Lowe, Jr.; and 
20her nephew, John Winkelman; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Lilas Beebe is survived by her children, Jan 
2(Richard) Whitsitt, Jo Ellen Martinson, and Jack (Susan Mayer) 
3Beebe; her grandchildren, Jackie (Jason) Dover, Kimberly 
4(fiance Clint Burkhart) Whitsitt, Robin (Matt) Fairbanks, and 
5Sam Beebe; her great-grandchildren, Jillian, Jessica, and 
6Joseph Dover; her nephew, Joe Winkelman, Sr.; her many brothers 
7and sisters-in-law; and her nieces and nephews; therefore, be 
8it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
11Lilas Jean Beebe, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
12family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
13further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to the family of Lilas Beebe as an expression of our 
16deepest sympathy.