Full Text of SR0031 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Mary Ann C. Knell of Peoria Heights, who | 4 | | passed away on December 15, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Knell was born in Peoria on September 3, | 6 | | 1950 to Claire and Rose M. Crabill; she graduated from Saint | 7 | | Patrick Catholic Grade School and Washington Community High | 8 | | School; she graduated with high honors from the University of | 9 | | Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Liberal Arts and | 10 | | Sciences, where she was Captain of the cheerleaders, chapter | 11 | | President of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority - Zeta Phi Eta, | 12 | | Speech Honorary, and Homecoming Queen finalist; she married | 13 | | Charles D. "Denne" Knell in 1972; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Knell began teaching speech at Rantoul | 15 | | Township High School in 1972; in 1973, she and her husband | 16 | | moved to Dallas, Texas and she worked as a fashion buyer at the | 17 | | Sanger-Harris department store while her husband completed law | 18 | | school at Southern Methodist University; she returned to Peoria | 19 | | in 1977 and worked as a buyer at Bergner's department store; | 20 | | and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Knell had an award-winning 30-year career | 22 | | in real estate; she was known as the leader of The Knell Group, |
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| 1 | | a top real estate team, which continues to lead the way in | 2 | | Peoria-area real estate at Colwell Banker Honig Bell; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Knell was active with the Junior League | 4 | | of Peoria, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital midwest | 5 | | affiliate, the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and the Family | 6 | | House; upon her mother's passing, she helped establish the Rose | 7 | | M. Crabill Scholarship at the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | 8 | | College of Nursing and served on the school's board; she was an | 9 | | active member of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Knell was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ann Knell is survived by her husband, | 13 | | Charles; her daughter, Antonina Marie (Patrick Decker) Sachse; | 14 | | her son, Peter W. Knell; her granddaughter, Antonina Rose | 15 | | Sachse; and her brother, Warren (Mary Jane) Crabill;
therefore, | 16 | | be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Mary Ann C. Knell, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 21 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Mary Ann Knell as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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