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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Eleanor N. Goodman, who passed away on 
4June 29, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Eleanor Goodman was born on August 9, 1920 in 
6Hopkinsville, Kentucky; her parents were Leo Jay and Frieda 
7Silberstein Newman; she married Marvin Leon Goodman on July 13, 
81941 in Peoria; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Eleanor Goodman moved with her parents to Peoria 
10when she was a young child; she was a graduate of Peoria High 
11School and attended the University of Illinois; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Eleanor Goodman was a community leader who worked 
13with several charities and non-profit organizations; she was 
14president of the Kickapoo Council of the Girl Scouts and helped 
15establish and build one of the region's first Girl Scout camps, 
16Camp Tapawingo; she was active in B'nai Brith in Peoria and 
17served on the auxiliaries of Peoria's hospitals; she and her 
18husband also established a private family foundation from which 
19they helped fund many activities behind the scenes, including 
20the distribution of the polio vaccine to local children and 
21college scholarships to students who could not otherwise afford 
22to go to college; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Eleanor Goodman and her husband were strong 
2supporters of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, which was 
3established by her daughter, Nancy Goodman Brinker, in honor of 
4Mrs. Brinker's sister, who died of breast cancer in 1980; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Eleanor Goodman was preceded in death by her 
6husband, Marvin; her parents; and a daughter, Susan G. Komen; 
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8    WHEREAS, Eleanor Goodman is survived by her daughter, Nancy 
9G. Brinker; 3 grandchildren, Eric B. Brinker, Scott M. (Marnie) 
10Komen, and Stephanie L. Komen; and 2 great-grandchildren, Susan 
11Madeline and Abigail Brooke Komen; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
14family and friends, mourn the passing of Eleanor N. Goodman; 
15and be it further
  
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
17presented to the family of Eleanor Goodman as an expression of 
18our sympathy.