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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 Frances Marie Cramer of Rantoul, who |
4 | | passed away on September 24, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer was born in Danville to George and |
6 | | Olive (Francis) Magers on November 9, 1920; she attended grade |
7 | | school in Westville and graduated from Georgetown High School |
8 | | in 1938; she earned her teaching certificate at Eastern |
9 | | Illinois State Teachers College; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer taught elementary school in |
11 | | Martinsville until she married Ernest F. "Bud" Cramer on |
12 | | December 31, 1941; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer loved reading and continuing her |
14 | | education; she completed a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern |
15 | | Illinois University and one from the University of Illinois in |
16 | | liberal arts and in Christian education; she supported the Art |
17 | | Institute of Chicago, the National Museum for Women in the |
18 | | Arts, Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana, and programming on |
19 | | public radio and TV; she regularly attended concerts in the |
20 | | area and rarely missed an event at the Krannert Center; she |
21 | | listened to opera on WILL every Saturday; and |
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1 | | WHEREAS, In 1969, Frances Cramer was on the founding |
2 | | committee for the Clothing Center in Rantoul run by Church |
3 | | Women United; she served as its volunteer director for over 30 |
4 | | years; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer was a longtime member of Rantoul |
6 | | First United Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday |
7 | | school teacher, a delegate to the annual conference, and held |
8 | | local and district leadership positions in the Wesleyan Service |
9 | | Guild, Church Women United, and United Methodist Women; and |
10 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer received several awards, including |
11 | | the Champaign County Friend of the Family Award in 1977, the |
12 | | Diana Award for Exceptional Service to Humanity in 1980, the |
13 | | Rantoul Citizen of the Year in 1995, and the Church Women |
14 | | United Valiant Woman Award in 2000; she received the |
15 | | Tolly-Cramer award in 2006 from the Methodist Federation for |
16 | | Social Action for lay persons engaged in social justice |
17 | | ministries; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer was preceded in death by her |
19 | | parents; her husband of 56 years, Ernest; her daughter, the |
20 | | Rev. Jean Cramer-Heuerman; her son-in-law, Jack |
21 | | Cramer-Heuerman; and her grandson, Stephen Brockway; and
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22 | | WHEREAS, Frances Cramer is survived by her daughter, Mary |
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1 | | Jo (Lowell) Brockway; her grandson, John (Angela) Brockway; her |
2 | | great-granddaughters, Abigail Marie and Aliana Grace; her |
3 | | "adopted daughters", the Rev. Janet Eggleston and Kathy Finney; |
4 | | her special friend, Lavonne Smith; and numerous nieces, a |
5 | | nephew, and great- and great-great-nieces and nephews; |
6 | | therefore, be it
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7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
9 | | Frances Marie Cramer, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
10 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
11 | | further
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12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
13 | | presented to the family of Frances Cramer as an expression of |
14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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