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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of E. Lois Immke of Pontiac, who passed away 
4on April 12, 2020; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lois Immke was born in rural Gary, Indiana to 
6Elmer H. and Emma (Tammen) Friant on January 7, 1938; she 
7married Paul A. Immke at First Lutheran Church in Pontiac on 
8January 27, 1957; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Lois Immke was a member of Emmanuel United 
10Methodist Church, "Immke Church", where she was a Sunday and 
11Bible school teacher; when the church closed in 1989, she 
12joined McDowell United Methodist Church; she was also a member 
13of the Farm Bureau Women's Committee; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Lois Immke enjoyed knitting and was known for her 
15gift of booties;  she was a talented seamstress and made and 
16distributed walker bags to area nursing homes for several 
17years; she enjoyed fishing in Minnesota and snowmobiling in the 
18winter with her family; she was a loving mother, grandmother, 
19sister, aunt, and friend; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Lois Immke was preceded in death by her husband, 
21Paul; her parents; her stepmother, Birdeen Friant; her brother, 
 
 
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1Elmer "Sonny" Friant; and her sisters-in-law, Joan Immke, Sue 
2Friant, and Emogene Friant; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Lois Immke is survived  by her children, Pamela E. 
4(Thomas) Schahrer, Donald P. (Dora) Immke, and Mark A. (Lori) 
5Immke; her grandchildren, Scott T. Schahrer, Aaron (Ashley) 
6Immke, Adam (Breanne) Immke, Andrew J. Immke, Joshua A. Immke, 
7and Rachel I. Immke; her great-grandchild, Vivian R. Immke; and 
8her brothers, Otis Friant and Paul (Joan) Friant; therefore, be 
9it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12E. Lois Immke and extend our sincere condolences to her family, 
13friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to  the family of Lois Immke as an expression of our 
16deepest sympathy.