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1		SENATE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3		learn of the death of Sharon Lynn Harrison of Caseyville, who
4		passed away on June 16, 2015; and
5		WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was born in Ames, Iowa on October
6		31, 1938 to Kenneth and Leonora (nee Cronin) Phillips; she
7		graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science
8		in Home Economics; she married Moses W. Harrison, II in
9		Collinsville on December 30, 1961; and
10		WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was a field home economist with
11		the Pet Milk Company in St. Louis, Missouri, where she appeared
12		live on television and radio stations around the nation, wrote
13		educational materials for schools, gave educational seminars
14		for home economics departments of many colleges and
15		universities, and did other promotional work for the company;
16		during that time, she was active in the American Home Economics
17		Association (now the Association of Family and Consumer
18		Sciences), Home Economists in Business, and American Women in
19		Radio and Television; in 1962, she was featured in the magazine
20		"Practical Home Economics" and appeared on the cover; she
21		served as speaker for many different local civic, educational,
22		and religious groups and was elected President of the
23		Collinsville Panhellenic Association; later, she was a sales

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1		associate and sewing instructor for Eunice Farmer Fabrics of
2		St. Louis; she also coordinated the sewing classes for the
3		company sewing school; she and Eunice Farmer co-founded and
4		co-owned F-H Enterprises, a small pattern company; she also
5		taught dressmaking, tailoring, and ultrasuede classes for
6		Belleville Area College, now known as Southwestern Illinois
7		College, and was the featured speaker of the American Sewing
8		Guild for the Springfield Lincoln Land Chapter in Springfield;
9		and
10		WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was a former member of Christ
11		Episcopal Church in Collinsville, where she was a member of the
12		vestry and a licensed Lay Reader; she was a member of St.
13		Michael's Episcopal Church in O'Fallon and a former member of
14		the Association of Wives of Illinois Lawyers; she was an active
15		participant in her husband's election campaigns; and
16		WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison was preceded in death by her
17		husband of 51 years, Moses; her son, Luke W. Harrison; and her
18		parents; and
19		WHEREAS, Sharon Harrison is survived by her son, Clarence
20		W. Harrison, and his wife, Carol, and their daughters, Lauren
21		and Rachel; her grandchildren, Sarah and Jacob and their
22		mother, Mary Harrison; and many other nieces, nephews, other
23		relatives, and friends; therefore, be it

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1		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
2		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
3		Sharon Lynn Harrison, and extend our sincere condolences to her
4		family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
5		further
6		RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7		presented to the family of Sharon Harrison as an expression of
8		our deepest sympathy.