Bill Text: IL SR0080 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Janet J. Lehman of Naperville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Resolution Adopted [SR0080 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0080-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 Janet J. Lehman of Naperville, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on February 13, 2011; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, She was born Janet J. Coggins in Lenoir, North | ||||||
| 6 | Carolina; after graduating from Duke University, she was | ||||||
| 7 | working as a social worker in North Carolina when her employer | ||||||
| 8 | sent her to a summer program on alcohol studies at Yale | ||||||
| 9 | University; there, she met a young minister, Kenneth Lehman, | ||||||
| 10 | who worked on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, They later realized that their callings were | ||||||
| 12 | intertwined and within a year were married; after a few years | ||||||
| 13 | in Montana, the couple moved to Naperville, where in 1960 they | ||||||
| 14 | co-founded Knox Presbyterian Church; Mrs. Lehman sang in the | ||||||
| 15 | choir and continued her career in social work; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, In 1990, Mrs. Lehman helped create a chapter of | ||||||
| 17 | the Stephen Ministry at Knox Presbyterian Church, where she | ||||||
| 18 | trained lay members in providing one-on-one care and counseling | ||||||
| 19 | to the bereaved, hospitalized, terminally ill, unemployed, and | ||||||
| 20 | those facing a crisis or life challenge; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, After raising her children, Mrs. Lehman received a | ||||||
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| 1 | master's degree in social work from George Williams College in | ||||||
| 2 | Downers Grove and soon after began a 10-year career as a school | ||||||
| 3 | social worker in several area school districts, including | ||||||
| 4 | Naperville School District 204, as well as districts in | ||||||
| 5 | Yorkville, Oswego, Sandwich, and Lisle; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In more recent years, she was a marriage counselor | ||||||
| 7 | and had a private counseling office in Oswego; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Janet Lehman is survived by her husband, Reverend | ||||||
| 9 | Kenneth Lehman; her son, Michael; her daughters, Ginny Shugert | ||||||
| 10 | and Tricia Ullestad; and her seven grandchildren; therefore, be | ||||||
| 11 | it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 14 | her family and friends, the passing of Janet Lehman; and be it | ||||||
| 15 | further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to the family of Janet Lehman as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 18 | sincere sympathy.
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