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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of Betty K. Speck of Pope County, who |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 passed away on December 27, 2024; and |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Betty Speck was born to Earl and Claris (Kerley) |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 Wright in Johnson County on October 1, 1933; she attended |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 Vienna High School; she received her Licensed Practical Nurse |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 (LPN) certification from Shawnee Community College; she |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 married Wayne Speck at Simpson Baptist Church on August 24, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 1974; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 WHEREAS, Betty Speck worked in the surgical department at |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 the former Marion Memorial Hospital; she later worked at the |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 Hillview Health Care Center in Vienna and then in health |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 services at the Vienna Correctional Center, retiring after 16 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 years of service; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, Betty Speck was a member of Glendale United |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school and served as |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 a Bible school volunteer; she was also a member of the Pope |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 County Extension Homemakers Council and served as president of |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 the Mary Circle for a number of years; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | 21 WHEREAS, Betty Speck enjoyed crafting, making ceramics, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 quilting, and traveling with her husband; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 WHEREAS, Betty Speck never met a stranger, and she was |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 always there to help her family, friends, and neighbors; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4 WHEREAS, Betty Speck was preceded in death by her parents; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5 her brothers, Hal Wright, Bill Wright, Jean Wright, and Buster |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6 Wright; her son-in-law, Jerry Mount; and her brother-in-law, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Carlos King; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 WHEREAS, Betty Speck is survived by her husband of 50 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9 years, Wayne; her daughter, Carolyn Mount; two grandchildren; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10 two great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Mary King; her |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11 nieces, nephews, and other relatives; and many friends and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12 neighbors; therefore, be it |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15 Betty K. Speck and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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