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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.