MEMORIAL-TINEKE C. SCHOUTEN

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SR0845
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SENATE RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
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to learn of the death of Tineke Cornelia "Trijntje" Schouten,
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who passed away on November 28, 2025; and

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WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was born to Dirk Schouten and
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Trijntje Walst in Bersingerhorn in North Holland in the
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Netherlands on January 26, 1931; she immigrated to the United
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States on April 13, 1956, sponsored by the Houck family of Oak
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Park, and she became a United States citizen in 1977; and

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WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten worked as an executive
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administrative assistant at Marsh and McLennan, Inc.; she also
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worked at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital, now known as
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Midwestern University, and the Chicago College of Osteopathic
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Medicine; additionally, she became a realtor and real estate
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broker for Century 21; and

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WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was a member of a variety of
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organizations, including the Dutch Immigrant Society, the
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Knickerbocker Society, First Congregational Church, the Art
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Institute of Chicago, the Smithsonian Institute, and the
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Wilderness Society; she held her realtor license in the State
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of Florida, where she was a member of Meadowbrook Church, the
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Prayer Shawl Ministry at First Presbyterian Church of Ocala,

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Florida, and the HOA in the subdivision where she had retired;
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she was a notary public and a founding member, along with Dr.
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Mildred C. Harris, of God First Ministries, and she was
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awarded Signatures of Prolific Women in 2025; and

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WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was a woman of deep faith; her
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light and joy were contagious; and

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WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten was preceded in death by her
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parents; her sisters, Grietje Lewis and Herma Lengkeek; and
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her niece, Margriet Milders; and

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WHEREAS, Tineke Schouten is survived by her niece, Julie
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(Mike) Kennedy; her nephews, Dirk (Teresa) Lewis, Tom (Leslie
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Carmona) Lewis, and Olaf Milders; her great-nieces, Brenda
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(Henry) Alarco, Eve (Cody) Kraft, Lydia (Dirk) Louwter, and
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Isabella; her great-nephews, Joshua, Micheal (Heather), Luke,
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and Maarten (Thailita); her great-great-niece, Sophia; and her
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great-great-nephews, Lucas, Luuk, and Cooper; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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Tineke Cornelia "Trijntje" Schouten and extend our sincere
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condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
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her; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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presented to the family of Tineke Schouten as an expression of
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our deepest sympathy.

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