Bill Text: IL SR0250 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lily Wei-Jeo Lee of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Resolution Adopted [SR0250 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0250-Introduced.html
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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 Lily Wei-Jeo Lee of Peoria, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on March 15, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Lily Lee was born on November 7, 1936 in Ningbo, | ||||||
| 6 | China; her parents were Z.H. and Alice Ching; she married Steve | ||||||
| 7 | Lee on August 8, 1959, in Wilmington, Delaware; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, As a young girl, Lily Lee immigrated with her | ||||||
| 9 | family to Taipei, Taiwan, where she attended grade school and | ||||||
| 10 | high school; in the early 1950s, she moved to Peoria to attend | ||||||
| 11 | nursing school at St. Francis Hospital; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Lily Lee dedicated her entire career to nursing; | ||||||
| 13 | she started her career as a nurse at St. Francis Hospital, | ||||||
| 14 | where she served for many years; in 1972, she joined the staff | ||||||
| 15 | of instructors at the Illinois Central College nursing program; | ||||||
| 16 | as an instructor, she was able to work toward building a vital | ||||||
| 17 | part of the Peoria area health care community; she served at | ||||||
| 18 | Illinois Central College from 1972 to 1997; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Later in her life, Lily Lee set herself an | ||||||
| 20 | ambitious goal of returning to school to earn a Ph.D. in | ||||||
| 21 | pediatric nursing; after studying at the University of Illinois | ||||||
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| 1 | Chicago Circle campus and Yale University, she earned her Ph.D. | ||||||
| 2 | with a thesis on assessing pediatric pain; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Lily Lee was an avid traveler; following her | ||||||
| 4 | retirement, she and her husband traveled across the globe, | ||||||
| 5 | sharing many adventures and serving as goodwill ambassadors for | ||||||
| 6 | Peoria; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Lily Lee is survived by a son, Jeffrey; a | ||||||
| 8 | daughter-in-law, Anthanette; a granddaughter, Elena; 3 | ||||||
| 9 | sisters, Jean, Rose, and Mary; and a brother, David; therefore, | ||||||
| 10 | be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 13 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Lily Wei-Jeo Lee; and | ||||||
| 14 | be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Lily Lee as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | sympathy.
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