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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 Elsie P. Radtke, who passed away on |
| 4 | | October 21, 2019; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke was born in Chicago to Richard and |
| 6 | | Virginia
Prendergast on March 21, 1949; before college, she |
| 7 | | started working and eventually managed
six locations of Mary |
| 8 | | Del Corsetieres; she graduated from Saint Xavier University
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| 9 | | with a Master of Arts in Education; she married John Mannix in |
| 10 | | 1975; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke worked as an art, English, and
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| 12 | | computer teacher before becoming the Associate Director of |
| 13 | | Family Ministries
for the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she |
| 14 | | guided families through good times
and bad; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke was always looking for ways to help |
| 16 | | others and volunteered for many
organizations, including |
| 17 | | PADS/Housing Forward; she was a skilled painter
and baker, and |
| 18 | | her banana bread and chocolate chip cookies will be missed; she |
| 19 | | was an active and dedicated member of the Mater
Christi Church, |
| 20 | | where she served as a Lector and participated on the Wake |
| 21 | | Committee
and in the Women's Guild; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke married John Radtke in 2000, and they |
| 2 | | traveled the world and enjoyed spending time being Grandma and |
| 3 | | Pa; for
Elsie, nothing was more important than spending time |
| 4 | | with her grandchildren, and her love for her grandchildren was |
| 5 | | matched only by their love for
her; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke was the dearly beloved wife
of John |
| 7 | | A. Radtke; the devoted mother of Kate (Jon) Hall, Thomas (Beth) |
| 8 | | Mannix, and Elizabeth (Brian) Gajos; the dear stepmother of |
| 9 | | Rebecca, Jeremy, Jessica,
and the late Jeffrey Radtke; the |
| 10 | | adoring grandmother of Maya, Quinn, Lucas, J.J.,
and Jimmy; the |
| 11 | | loving sister of Kathleen (Dennis Ginosi) Prendergast, Joan
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| 12 | | (Michael) Restko, Joseph (Mitzi) Prendergast, Rev. Richard |
| 13 | | Prendergast,
Thomas (Margaret) Prendergast, Anne (Roberto |
| 14 | | Obregon) Prendergast, Edward
(Juliet) Prendergast, Melon |
| 15 | | (Michael) Prischman, and James (Rachel)
Prendergast; and the |
| 16 | | dear aunt and friend of many; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | Elsie P. Radtke 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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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 23 | | presented to the family of Elsie Radtke as an expression of our |