SR0884 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser of McHenry, who passed away on August 15, 2017; and

WHEREAS, Delores Corser was born in Waukegan to Leo W. and Erna A. Corser (Zahn) on March 26, 1934; she was an accomplished athlete in her youth, excelling at every sport in which she participated; she graduated from Waukegan High School in 1952 and was the pitcher on a number of fast-pitch softball teams during her high school and post-high school years in the 1950s and 1960s; and

WHEREAS, Delores Corser took a position in the accounting department at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago; she retired in the late 1980s after working at Abbott for 35 years; and

WHEREAS, Delores Corser lived on the banks of the Fox River in McHenry for almost 40 years; she purchased her first house with her dear friend, Juanita "Wink" Nohava (Dill) in the 1970s; she moved to The Villas in 2009; and

WHEREAS, Delores Corser was a highly skilled bowler and a key member of all the teams on which she bowled; her teams won dozens of tournaments and trophies throughout the midwest in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s; she also was an avid amateur golfer all her life; she was proud of the 115-yard hole-in-one she hit with her seven iron on May 31, 1999 at the Boone Creek Golf Club; she was always ready to take her family, friends, and other guests on a "cruise on the Fox" in the boat she kept moored at the dock right out the back door of her house; and

WHEREAS, Delores Corser was preceded in death by her parents and her older sister, Jacqueline Joanne Corser Barker; and

WHEREAS, Delores Corser is survived by her niece, Joanne Csukor; her nephews, John Barker and Jeff Barker; many great-nephews and great-nieces in Illinois and Wisconsin; and numerous friends throughout Lake County and the entire Chicagoland area; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further

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