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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| hear of the death of Sister Mary Barbara Loxterkamp of Alton, |
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| who passed away on October 31, 2007, fortified with the |
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| Sacraments of the Holy Mother Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Sister M. Barbara Loxterkamp, F.S. G. M., baptized |
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| Agnes Loxterkamp, was born on March 16, 1920 in Kettenkamp, |
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| Germany; she entered the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr |
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| St. George on March 7, 1953 and professed her first vows on |
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| September 17, 1955; she professed her final vows on September |
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| 16, 1959 and celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Her missions included: St. Anthony's Health |
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| Center in Alton from September 18, 1955 to April 14, 1985 in |
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| nursing; Marian Heights Apartments in Alton from April 15, 1985 |
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| to September 14, 1989 in nursing; Pope John Paul I Apartments |
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| in Springfield from September 15, 1989 to October 10, 2000 |
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| working with the elderly and nursing as needed; and from |
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| October 11, 2000 until the present as an Adoration Sister in |
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| Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Sister Loxterkamp is survived by one sister, Mrs. |
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| Irma Redder; her three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Margaret |
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| Loxterkamp, Mrs. Maria Loxterkamp, and Mrs. Maria Loxterkamp; |