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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Marjorie 
4Ann Klise of Peoria, who passed away on April 24, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Marjorie Klise was born in Peoria to Dallas Monroe 
6and Margaret (Feeney) Costello on December 24, 1931;  she 
7attended St. Mark School and graduated from the Academy of Our 
8Lady in 1949; she graduated from Clarke College in Dubuque, 
9Iowa with a degree in theater and education; she married Thomas 
10Klise in Peoria on August 24, 1957; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Marjorie Klise taught at Von Steuben School before 
12devoting herself to raising her family; she later served as 
13President of the Thomas S. Klise Company; she was involved in 
14countless neighborhood, civic, cultural, and social justice 
15efforts; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Marjorie Klise felt passionately about historic 
17preservation, neighborhood gatherings, liberation theology, 
18progressive politics, and the annual Moss-Bradley sale; she 
19never tired of traveling and trying new things; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Marjorie Klise was preceded in death by her 
21parents; her husband, Thomas; her two sisters, Joan Costello 
 
 
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1McQuillen and Gertrude Holly; and her  son, David Klise; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, Marjorie Klise is survived by her children, 
3Elizabeth (Michael von Zerneck) Klise, Margaret Klise, Sarah 
4Klise, Kate Klise, Julia (Joe Augustine) Klise, and James 
5(Michael Kuras) Klise; her eight grandchildren, Peter, 
6Sebastian, Lorenzo, Eliza, Flora, Milo, Lionel, and Desmond; 
7her  sister, Mariclare Costello Arbus; and numerous nieces, 
8nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
10NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
11mourn the passing of Marjorie Ann Klise, and extend our sincere 
12condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
13her; and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to  the family of  Marjorie Klise as an expression of 
16our deepest sympathy.