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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Barbara Ann Madsen of Peoria, formerly
4 of Jacksonville, who passed away on March 14, 2025; and
5 WHEREAS, Barbara Madsen was born in Chicago to Glenn and
6 Grace (Fry) Patterson on November 23, 1932; she married Myron
7 C. "Mike" Madsen on October 4, 1952; and
8 WHEREAS, Barbara Madsen was a coordinator for an exchange
9 student program, and her open arms extended not only to the
10 family and communities she loved but also to the lives of eight
11 foreign exchange students she and her husband hosted in their
12 home, as well as the many dogs they fostered and loved; and
13 WHEREAS, Barbara Madsen was a longtime member of Grace
14 United Methodist Church in Jacksonville and then a member of
15 Vineyard Church in Peoria; she was also a member of Beta Sigma
16 Phi and had been very active in Scouting; she served as the
17 president of Two Rivers Girl Scout Council; and
18 WHEREAS, Barbara Madsen was preceded in death by her
19 husband, Mike; and
20 WHEREAS, Barbara Madsen is survived by her children, Steve
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1 (Laura) Madsen, Becky (Craig) Gillam, and Kris (Gregg)
2 McClelland; her grandchildren, Jillian (Travis) Becquet,
3 Kirsten (Nicky) Dover, Haley (Alan) Jones, Gus Gillam, Ashley
4 (Ian) Nunnery, Lindsey (Caleb) York, Jaime (Chris) Leonard,
5 Tara McClelland, Benjamin McClelland, and Timothy McClelland;
6 her great-grandchildren, Katherine, Alden, and Claire Becquet,
7 Hazel Dover, Lucy and Olive York, Eliza McClelland, and Edison
8 Nunnery; and her sister, Linda (Ed) Siert; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
10 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
11 Barbara Ann Madsen and extend our sincere condolences to her
12 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
13 further
14 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to the family of Barbara Madsen as an expression of
16 our deepest sympathy.
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