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SR0109 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Esther Irene Bruns Kinner, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on January 25, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Esther Kinner was born to Lawrence Fredrick and | ||||||
| 6 | Mayme (Klokkenga) Bruns on March 19, 1948; at age 16, she began | ||||||
| 7 | a 50-plus year career in the competitive events office during | ||||||
| 8 | the Illinois State Fair; she graduated from San Jose High | ||||||
| 9 | School; she received a bachelor's degree in education from | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois State University and a master's degree from Saint | ||||||
| 11 | Xavier University; she married William David "Bill" Kinner on | ||||||
| 12 | November 17, 2024; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Esther Kinner began teaching music at the | ||||||
| 14 | elementary schools in Pleasant Plains School District #8 in | ||||||
| 15 | 1970, retiring in 2005; she continued to provide piano lessons | ||||||
| 16 | after retirement; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Esther Kinner was a member and elder of | ||||||
| 18 | Farmingdale Presbyterian Church and the Women's Ruth Circle; | ||||||
| 19 | she was an active member of the Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority and | ||||||
| 20 | Kappa Delta Omega; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Esther Kinner was an avid attendee of the | ||||||
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| 1 | Springfield Symphony; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Esther Kinner was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 3 | parents; her sister, Carol; and her niece, Trudi; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Esther Kinner is survived by her husband, Bill; | ||||||
| 5 | her sister, Faye (Bill Lawson) Bruns; her "adopted" sister, | ||||||
| 6 | Patty Taylor; her stepdaughters, Kristine (fiance, Sheldon | ||||||
| 7 | Fairfield) Clemens and Dawn (John) Weatherford; four | ||||||
| 8 | step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandsons; her | ||||||
| 9 | sister-in-law, Carol (Bob) Pappas; her brothers-in-law, Rick | ||||||
| 10 | (Mary) Kinner and Tim (Cynde) Kinner; and several nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Esther Irene Bruns Kinner and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 15 | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | ||||||
| 16 | it further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Esther Kinner as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our deepest sympathy. | ||||||