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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser of McHenry, |
| 4 | | who passed away on August 15, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Delores Corser was born in Waukegan to Leo W. and |
| 6 | | Erna A. Corser (Zahn) on March 26, 1934; she was an |
| 7 | | accomplished athlete in her youth, excelling at every sport in |
| 8 | | which she participated; she graduated from Waukegan High School |
| 9 | | in 1952 and was the pitcher on a number of fast-pitch softball |
| 10 | | teams during her high school and post-high school years in the |
| 11 | | 1950s and 1960s; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Delores Corser took a position in the accounting |
| 13 | | department at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago; she retired |
| 14 | | in the late 1980s after working at Abbott for 35 years; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Delores Corser lived on the banks of the Fox River |
| 16 | | in McHenry for almost 40 years; she purchased her first house |
| 17 | | with her dear friend, Juanita "Wink" Nohava (Dill) in the |
| 18 | | 1970s; she moved to The Villas in 2009; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Delores Corser was a highly skilled bowler and a |
| 20 | | key member of all the teams on which she bowled; her teams won |
| 21 | | dozens of tournaments and trophies throughout the midwest in |
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| 1 | | the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s; she also was an avid amateur |
| 2 | | golfer all her life; she was proud of the 115-yard hole-in-one |
| 3 | | she hit with her seven iron on May 31, 1999 at the Boone Creek |
| 4 | | Golf Club; she was always ready to take her family, friends, |
| 5 | | and other guests on a "cruise on the Fox" in the boat she kept |
| 6 | | moored at the dock right out the back door of her house; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Delores Corser was preceded in death by her |
| 8 | | parents and her older sister, Jacqueline Joanne Corser Barker; |
| 9 | | and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Delores Corser is survived by her niece, Joanne |
| 11 | | Csukor; her nephews, John Barker and Jeff Barker; many |
| 12 | | great-nephews and great-nieces in Illinois and Wisconsin; and |
| 13 | | numerous friends throughout Lake County and the entire |
| 14 | | Chicagoland area; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser, and extend our sincere condolences |
| 18 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be |
| 19 | | it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to the family of Delores Corser as an expression of |
| 22 | | our deepest sympathy.
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