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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Renee F. Buecker of Oak Park, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on May 21, 2017, at the age of 88; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker was born in Frankfurt, Germany to | ||||||
6 | Wolf and Blanka Frankel on January 25, 1929; at the age of 7, | ||||||
7 | her family immigrated to the Hyde Park area of Chicago; she | ||||||
8 | graduated from Hyde Park High School and the University of | ||||||
9 | Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker worked as a copy writer for Sears | ||||||
11 | Roebuck in Chicago, where she met her husband, Robert E. | ||||||
12 | Buecker; they were married in St. Louis, Missouri in 1952; they | ||||||
13 | returned to Chicago, where they settled on the North Side; they | ||||||
14 | moved to Oak Park in 1957; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker began teaching 1st grade at | ||||||
16 | Paderewski School in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, | ||||||
17 | while taking care of her daughters; she returned to school and | ||||||
18 | began a career in computer programming, where she remained | ||||||
19 | until 1990; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker was a volunteer at the Chicago | ||||||
21 | Lighthouse and the Field Museum of National History in Chicago; |
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1 | she was a lifelong liberal and supported many progressive | ||||||
2 | causes; and | ||||||
3 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker enjoyed traveling around the world | ||||||
4 | with her husband and listening to music; her favorite artists | ||||||
5 | were Johann Strauss and John Philip Sousa; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker was known by her family and friends | ||||||
7 | to be loving, compassionate, and an active volunteer within her | ||||||
8 | community; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker was preceded in death by her parents | ||||||
10 | and her husband of 57 years, Robert; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Renee Buecker is survived by her daughters, Janet | ||||||
12 | (Ronald Martin) Buecker and Ellen Buecker (Jerry) Kott; her | ||||||
13 | grandchildren, Megan (Justin DeVine), Hillary (Nick) Marshall, | ||||||
14 | and Erin (William Pearce) Kott; her great-grandchildren, | ||||||
15 | Charlotte and Jack Marshall; her sister, Ursula (Edward) | ||||||
16 | Wittert; and her nephew and nieces, Bill (Donna) Wittert, | ||||||
17 | Barbara (Keith) Apgar, and Susan (David) Kern; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
20 | Renee F. Buecker, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
21 | family, friends, and all that knew and loved her; and be it |
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1 | further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this solution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Renee Buecker as an expression of | ||||||
4 | our deepest sympathy.
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