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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Margaret Jeanne Walkup Nienstedt of
4Crystal Lake, who passed away on October 4, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Nienstedt was born in Woodstock on
6February 24, 1918 to Harold and Helen (nee Cretcher) Walkup and
7was raised on the original 1836 Walkup homestead between
8Crystal Lake and Woodstock; she graduated from Crystal Lake
9Community High School and earned her bachelor's degree in
10teaching at Northern Illinois University; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Margaret Nienstedt taught elementary school for
1226 years, primarily at North School in Crystal Lake; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Margaret Nienstedt belonged to many teaching and
14civic organizations, including the Daughters of the American
15Revolution, PEO, and Delta Kappa Gamma; she was an avid Bridge
16player for decades, before and into her nineties, and belonged
17to many bridge clubs; she was first a member of the
18Presbyterian Church in Ridgefield, along with her mother and
19father, and then later became a member of the First
20Congregational Church of Crystal Lake; she had a passion for
21writing and was a published poet; she compiled a volume of 86
22poems and self-published her works with the help of her

 

 

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1daughter and her granddaughter; she traveled the world with her
2dearest friend and companion, Carmel Price; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Margaret Nienstedt was preceded in death by her
4parents and her companion, Carmel Price; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Nienstedt is survived by her children,
6Margaret Helen (Richard) Jones and Richard Nienstedt; her
7grandchildren, Amanda Flohr, Christine Stratton, Elisabeth
8Flohr, Mary Margaret Vasquez, and Katherine C. Jones; her 4
9great-grandchildren; her dear cousin, Helen Lee Reid, and
10husband, Howard, and Helen's children, Elizabeth and Nancy; and
11by the members of the Carmel Price family of Crystal Lake, who
12became her family for 40 years; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
15Margaret Jeanne Walkup Nienstedt, and extend our sincere
16condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
17her; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to the family of Margaret Nienstedt as an expression
20of our deepest sympathy.