SR1676 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Joyce E. Fisher of Wonder Lake, who passed away on April 6, 2018; and

WHEREAS, Joyce Fisher was born in Chicago to Allen J. and Inez R. (Samppala) Schimke on February 13, 1942; her family moved to Wonder Lake in 1947, and she graduated from McHenry High School in 1959; she attended Northern Illinois University from 1959 to 1960 and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1963; she married Edward Michael Fisher in 1966, and they resided in Germany from 1968 to 1969 while he was stationed there; and

WHEREAS, In 1974, Joyce Fisher opened an antique shop, The Peasant Patch in Ridgefield; she moved to Woodstock in 1976 and started a decorative quilted pillow business also called The Peasant Patch; in 1989, she started work at the Pioneer Center of McHenry County as a case manager for adults with developmental disabilities; she joined Options & Advocacy for McHenry County in 2002, where she worked until her retirement in December of 2017; and

WHEREAS, While in Woodstock, Joyce Fisher attended the Woodstock Congregational Unitarian Universalist Church, and she often donated her sewing skills to school plays, dance recitals, and community theater performances; and

WHEREAS, Joyce Fisher exhibited at regional and national gift and craft shows, including Lambs Farm Craft Fair and Fair Diddley on the historic Woodstock Square; and

WHEREAS, Joyce Fisher loved cats and enjoyed games, interior decorating, the theater, classical music, gardening, travel, antiquing, the fine arts, and cooking; and

WHEREAS, Joyce Fisher was preceded in death by her parents; her former husband, Edward; her granddaughter, Charlotte Salnave; and her great-nephew, Lennox Broderick; and

WHEREAS, Joyce Fisher is survived by her daughter, Johanna Fisher (Erick Salnave); her sister, Janet (Mitchell) Ringer; her brother, Phil (Penni) Schimke; her cousin-in-law, Leonard (Anita) Fisher; her nieces and nephews, Courtney (Stephen) Doninger, Cara (Patrick) Broderick, Corinne (Greg) Regnier, Calene (Ken) Kieffer, Nathaniel Ringer, Bartholomew Ringer, Carin (Dave) Marney, Allison Steurtze, Sharon Alexander, Heather (Ted) Tamburo, and Hali (Jason) Larson-Blair; and many great-nieces and great-nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of Joyce E. Fisher, 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 Joyce Fisher as an expression of our deepest sympathy.