Bill Text: IL SR0749 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Carolyn Sue (Bock) Aaron of Chillicothe.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-02-08 - Resolution Adopted [SR0749 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0749-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Carolyn Sue (Bock) Aaron of | ||||||
| 4 | Chillicothe, who passed away on November 25, 2023; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron was born to Grace and Samuel Bock | ||||||
| 6 | in Galesburg on October 12, 1942; she attended Midstate | ||||||
| 7 | College in Peoria; she married Paul Aaron on June 25, 1965; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron was an award-winning typist and | ||||||
| 9 | stenographer; she previously worked at Caterpillar, Inc., | ||||||
| 10 | where she met her husband, Paul; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron was a homemaker for several years, | ||||||
| 12 | raising their daughters and teaching them a number of | ||||||
| 13 | subjects, including cooking, sports, and how to assist | ||||||
| 14 | neighbors and the community; she returned to work in the late | ||||||
| 15 | 1970s; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron was active in the community, | ||||||
| 17 | leading a Girl Scout troop for many years and belonging to The | ||||||
| 18 | Red Hat Society in retirement; she was a member of the | ||||||
| 19 | Daughters of the American Revolution for many years, through | ||||||
| 20 | which she utilized her impressive organizational skills with | ||||||
| 21 | the assistance of her aunt to trace their family tree as far | ||||||
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| 1 | back as the 17th century; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron was an excellent bowler, making the | ||||||
| 3 | news on several occasions for outstanding games; she enjoyed | ||||||
| 4 | antiquing, attending auctions, and collecting; she also | ||||||
| 5 | enjoyed playing softball, and she taught her daughters the | ||||||
| 6 | sport and never missed an opportunity to watch them play; she | ||||||
| 7 | loved decorating and baking for Christmas, including making an | ||||||
| 8 | endless number of homemade cookies and chocolates; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 10 | parents and her sister, Kathleen (Bock) Mustard; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Carolyn Aaron is survived by her husband of 58 | ||||||
| 12 | years; her brother, Carl Bock; her daughters, Nicola Aaron, | ||||||
| 13 | Thecla Jolene (Mark) Parrish, and Monique (Chris) Robbins; her | ||||||
| 14 | grandchildren, Yvette Onychuk, Nadia Onychuk, Brandon Parrish, | ||||||
| 15 | Alexandra Parrish, Mitchell Parrish, Nicholas Robbins, and | ||||||
| 16 | Natalie Robbins; and her step-grandchildren, Brien Robbins and | ||||||
| 17 | Caitrin Robbins; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 20 | Carolyn Sue (Bock) Aaron and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 21 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 22 | further
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