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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Alexis Ann Wernsing of Litchfield, who
4passed away on October 1, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing was born in Litchfield on May 10,
61975 to Edwin "Big Ed" and Patricia (nee Beeler) Wernsing; she
7attended Zion Lutheran School and graduated from Litchfield
8High School in May of 1994; she graduated from Lincoln Land
9Community College in May of 2011 with an Associate in Arts
10degree with honors and was commencement speaker for her
11graduating class; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing most recently attended the
13University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was
14pursuing a degree in art history; she had been a resident of
15Nugent Hall there for the past 4 years and served on the
16Director's Student Advisory Council at Beckwith Residential
17Support Services; she received the Chez Family Foundation
18Scholarship for the past 2 years and the Urbana-Champaign
19Business Women's Club Scholarship; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing student taught at Lincoln Land
21Community College for the past 3 summers and was a teaching
22assistant for Dr. Deana McDonagh on the U of I campus; most

 

 

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1recently, they were working to design and build a voice
2amplifying system called AmpliMy that received a $10,000
3Illinois Proof-of-Concept award from the U of I Office of
4Technology Management; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing enjoyed friends and Facebook and
6communicating by texting; she was close to her 2 nephews and
7enjoyed playing Uno with them; her favorite pet was Heinrich,
8her dachshund, who frequently sat on her lap and rode on the
9Weiner taxi; she was a fan of the St. Louis Blues Hockey team,
10frequently attending games with her family; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing was a member of Grace Evangelical
12Lutheran Church in Litchfield, where she was active in the
13Ladies Aid group; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing was preceded in death by her
15maternal grandfather, Ralph Beeler, and her paternal
16grandparents, Burrell and Melvina Wernsing; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Alexis Wernsing is survived by her parents; her
18brother, Doug (Michelle, nee Leefers); her nephews, Landon Paul
19and Carter Dean Wernsing; her grandmother, Lucille (Gronewald)
20Beeler; her godparents, Darrel and Karen Wernsing; and many
21aunts, uncles, and cousins; she also considered her friends at
22LLCC in Springfield and at U of I at Urbana-Champaign to be her

 

 

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1family; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
4Alexis Ann Wernsing, and extend our sincere condolences to her
5family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
6further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Alexis Wernsing as an expression of
9our deepest sympathy.