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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 Nancy Lee Turgasen Bates of Danville, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on April 5, 2015; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates was born in Louisville, Kentucky on | ||||||
| 6 | February 12, 1934 to Vernon Louis and Julie Meier Turgasen; she | ||||||
| 7 | attended Crete schools and graduated from
Iowa State University | ||||||
| 8 | in 1956
with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
Education; | ||||||
| 9 | she was a member of
Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Nu honor | ||||||
| 10 | societies
and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority; she married Keith | ||||||
| 11 | Allen Bates, DVM, on August 24, 1956 at Crete Methodist Church; | ||||||
| 12 | and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, While her husband was in the military, Nancy Bates | ||||||
| 14 | taught school in Seattle, Washington and then part-time in | ||||||
| 15 | Georgetown and Danville; she was active in parent-teacher | ||||||
| 16 | associations and music booster organizations and was a Great | ||||||
| 17 | Books leader; she worked with the Lakeview Hospital Junior | ||||||
| 18 | Board, the Junior Services Club, the Danville Symphony Guild, | ||||||
| 19 | and the P.E.O. Sisterhood; she was on the board of the | ||||||
| 20 | Christian Home for Youth and the Danville Rescue Mission; she | ||||||
| 21 | served as President of the League of Women Voters and the | ||||||
| 22 | Salvation Army Auxiliary and was active on several local school | ||||||
| 23 | and community referendum committees, including the Committee | ||||||
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| 1 | for Middlefork Reservoir; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In 1980, Nancy Bates was elected to the Board of | ||||||
| 3 | Trustees at Danville Area Community College and was the first | ||||||
| 4 | female board Chair for her final 2 years, ending in 1999; | ||||||
| 5 | during this time, she was active with the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 6 | College Trustees Association, serving as secretary, regional | ||||||
| 7 | Chair, and on several committees; in 1999, she received the | ||||||
| 8 | Association of Community College Trustees' Trustee Leadership | ||||||
| 9 | Award for the Central U.S. Region and was the recipient of the | ||||||
| 10 | annual Athena Award from the Danville Area Chamber of Commerce; | ||||||
| 11 | in 2014, she was named Director Emeritus of the Danville Area | ||||||
| 12 | Community College Foundation; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates and her husband enjoyed traveling and | ||||||
| 14 | volunteering; she was a member of the Danville Garden Club, the | ||||||
| 15 | Clover Club, and the P.E.O.; she served as an officer of the | ||||||
| 16 | Lincoln Park Historic District Homeowners Association and on | ||||||
| 17 | the Webster Foundation and the Danville Area Community College | ||||||
| 18 | Foundation boards; she enjoyed needlework and golf; she was an | ||||||
| 19 | elder in the Presbyterian Church and served in many capacities | ||||||
| 20 | at St. James United Methodist Church; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates was preceded in death by her parents; | ||||||
| 22 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Nancy Bates is survived by her sister, Susan | ||||||
| 2 | Sawyer; her husband, Keith; her son, Brian Keith Bates | ||||||
| 3 | (Patricia) and his 2 sons, Johnathon "Jake" and Nick; and Dr. | ||||||
| 4 | Becky Jo Estill (Scott) and her 2 daughters, Sara and Caitlin; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 8 | Nancy Lee Turgasen Bates, and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 9 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 10 | further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Nancy Bates as an expression of our | ||||||
| 13 | deepest sympathy.
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