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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Natalie Susan McDowell of Monticello, | ||||||
| 4 | who passed away on November 6, 2021; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was born in Decatur to Kathleen | ||||||
| 6 | (Brown) and James Mauck Sr. on February 1, 1967;
she graduated | ||||||
| 7 | from Sullivan High School in 1985 and attended Millikin | ||||||
| 8 | University, where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha | ||||||
| 9 | Sorority and
earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1989; | ||||||
| 10 | she
married Brian D. McDowell at the First United Methodist | ||||||
| 11 | Church in Sullivan on June 15, 1991; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was a compassionate and caring | ||||||
| 13 | nurse who worked with the Decatur Memorial Hospital pediatrics | ||||||
| 14 | department, the
Lincolnland Visiting Nurses Association, and | ||||||
| 15 | the Sullivan, Bement, and Monticello school
systems; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was active in Kirby Medical | ||||||
| 17 | Center
CrossFit and St. Jude's runs; she never missed her | ||||||
| 18 | sons' school activities or sports and was an avid fan of the | ||||||
| 19 | Illini, the Green Bay Packers, and the St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| 20 | because they were her sons' favorite
teams; she was a member of | ||||||
| 21 | the
Monticello United Methodist Church, where she served as | ||||||
| 22 | Director of Youth Ministry; she led high school and middle | ||||||
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| 1 | school youth groups and planned and accompanied youth on | ||||||
| 2 | numerous
retreats and mission trips; and | ||||||
| 3 | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was a devoted and loving wife | ||||||
| 4 | and mother; she
was a dedicated and attentive mother-in-law, | ||||||
| 5 | daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, aunt, and
cousin; she was | ||||||
| 6 | an incredibly upbeat and positive person, with a smile and a | ||||||
| 7 | ready laugh to greet
everyone she met; she had boundless | ||||||
| 8 | energy; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 10 | parents; her father-in-law, Jerry McDowell; and her | ||||||
| 11 | brother-in-law, Steven Breckenridge; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell is survived by her husband, | ||||||
| 13 | Brian; her sons, Andrew J. (Sarah)
McDowell and Austin L. | ||||||
| 14 | McDowell (Lily Stromberg); her brothers, Dr.
James (Patricia) | ||||||
| 15 | Mauck and Dr. Gregory (Kimberly) Mauck; her sister,
Cindy | ||||||
| 16 | (Greg) Tarr; her mother-in-law, Judy McDowell; her | ||||||
| 17 | sister-in-law, Kim
(Jerry Long) Breckenridge; her relatives, | ||||||
| 18 | Linda and Grant Hoskins and Marlyn (Joe) Harrison; 17 nieces | ||||||
| 19 | and nephews; nine grandnieces and
grandnephews; 11 cousins; | ||||||
| 20 | and numerous friends; therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 22 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
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| 1 | Natalie Susan McDowell and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 2 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 3 | further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 5 | presented to the family of Natalie McDowell as an expression | ||||||
| 6 | of our deepest sympathy.
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