SR1036 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR1036 LRB096 24288 GRL 43752 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Patricia Hoglund-Michaels, who passed away on October 28, 2010; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Hoglund-Michaels lived in Riverside since childhood; she attended Central School, Riverside Junior High School, and was a 1938 graduate of Riverside-Brookfield High School, where she served as Student Council President during her senior year; she subsequently attending the National College of Education in Evanston, where she earned her degree in education in 1942; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Hoglund-Michaels taught second grade in Oak Park for several years; in 1944, she married John Hoglund, a 1938 graduate of Riverside-Brookfield High School whom she had known since junior high school; together, they raised 3 children in Riverside, Anne, Steven, and Mark; John Hoglund passed away in 1983, 3 months before their 40th wedding anniversary; in 1984, she married Earl Michaels ("Mike"), also a 1938 graduate of Riverside-Brookfield High School; Mike passed away in 1996; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Hoglund-Michaels was prominent in local, county, and statewide Republican Party activities during the 1960s and 1970s; in the early 1960s, she was instrumental in establishing Riverside's Republican Headquarters in order to publicize and promote Republican candidates for offices at all levels of government; from 1964 to 1974, she served as Riverside Township's Republican Committeewoman, where she worked with the Township Committeeman to organize local Republican programs and activities and worked with fellow Committeewomen from other communities in Cook County; in 1968, she was appointed to serve as Vice Chairwoman of the Women's Division of the Republican Central Committee; in 1972, she became Chairwoman of the Women's Division; in 1974, she was elected to be Riverside Township Republican Committeeman, where she served until 1982; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Hoglund-Michaels was a member of the Riverside Garden Club for many years; she was active in Riverside Infant Welfare, the Fortnightly Club, and the Riverside Lions Club; from 1993 to 2005, she derived particular pleasure from serving as a volunteer in the library at Blythe Park School in Riverside, where she read stories to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade children; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Hoglund-Michaels was well known among her peers for her considerable artistic talents; during the 1960s, her medium was oil painting; in the 1970s, she completely re-decorated the dollhouse that her daughter had outgrown and created a number of shadow box displays for her family and friends; she recently created drawings and paintings with colored pencils and watercolors; she still attended weekly oil painting classes in Riverside at the time of her passing; and

WHEREAS, Patricia Hoglund-Michaels is survived by her children, Steven, Anne (Berardo) DeSimone, and Mark; her grandsons, Jared Hoglund, Aaron Hoglund, and Todd (Anne Marie) DeSimone; her nephew, Robert Price; and the many friends and acquaintances she made during her years in Riverside; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Patricia Hoglund-Michaels; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Patricia Hoglund-Michaels as an expression of our sympathy.