Bill Text: IL SR0934 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Janet Bernice Runkel Anderson on her 100th birthday. Wishes her continued health and happiness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-18 - Referred to Assignments [SR0934 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0934-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Janet Bernice Runkel Anderson on the occasion of | ||||||
| 4 | her 100th birthday; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Janet Anderson was born on May 14, 1924; she | ||||||
| 6 | attended school in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area; during her | ||||||
| 7 | high school years, she worked at her father's grocery store, | ||||||
| 8 | graduating from Menomonee Falls High School in 1942; she | ||||||
| 9 | attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and | ||||||
| 10 | graduated Phi Beta Kappa; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Janet Anderson married Burton Anderson in August | ||||||
| 12 | 1946, and they moved to Evanston, Illinois in order for her | ||||||
| 13 | husband to complete dental school; they then moved to | ||||||
| 14 | Northbrook in 1953, where they raised three daughters; that | ||||||
| 15 | same year, she joined the Village Presbyterian Church; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Janet Anderson and her husband were both heavily | ||||||
| 17 | involved in raising their daughters, and she assisted in her | ||||||
| 18 | children's organizations, including Scouts and 4-H, as well as | ||||||
| 19 | school activities; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Janet Anderson was an accomplished seamstress who | ||||||
| 21 | also learned how to type transcripts in Braille for the blind, | ||||||
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| 1 | served on and volunteered for the Presbyterian Home Board, and | ||||||
| 2 | enjoyed going out to dinner and dancing with her husband; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Janet Anderson has been a lifetime letter writer | ||||||
| 4 | who has stayed in touch with her high school and college | ||||||
| 5 | friends; she enjoys knitting, reading, doing crossword | ||||||
| 6 | puzzles, playing cribbage, and visiting with friends; she has | ||||||
| 7 | also enjoyed planning family vacations and traveling over the | ||||||
| 8 | course of her life, and she has taken several domestic and | ||||||
| 9 | international trips; she loves taking wonderful walks at the | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago Botanic Gardens every chance she can find; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, For the past 41 years, Janet Anderson has been an | ||||||
| 12 | active member and loving sister of P.E.O. Chapter IW, an | ||||||
| 13 | International Women's Philanthropic Educational Organization | ||||||
| 14 | dedicated to bringing women increased opportunities for | ||||||
| 15 | obtaining higher education; a wonderful cook always open to | ||||||
| 16 | trying new foods, she has become known as a memorable hostess | ||||||
| 17 | for serving her warmed, wrapped in foil, ready-to-eat ham and | ||||||
| 18 | cheese sandwiches at many P.E.O. luncheons; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Janet Anderson has enjoyed residing at Covenant | ||||||
| 20 | Living in Northbrook for almost six years, and she still | ||||||
| 21 | enjoys going out to eat and attending the symphony and the | ||||||
| 22 | theater; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Janet | ||||||
| 3 | Bernice Runkel Anderson on her 100th birthday, and we wish her | ||||||
| 4 | continued health and happiness; and be it further
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