Full Text of SR0113 95th General Assembly
SR0113 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Bette P. Brinkoetter of Godfrey, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 12, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bette Brinkoetter was born June 12, 1921, in | 6 |
| Hutchinson, Kansas; her parents were Archie and Pauline | 7 |
| (Hickman) Kimball; she married Walter D. Brinkoetter on May 4, | 8 |
| 1946, at the St. James Catholic Church in Decatur; he passed | 9 |
| away on January 6, 1963; and
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| WHEREAS, Bette Brinkoetter was employed as a teacher for 28 | 11 |
| years in the Alton School District until 1985, then taught for | 12 |
| six years at Ss. Peter and Paul until 1991; she was a member of | 13 |
| Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and Altar Society; and
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| WHEREAS, She loved to garden, do arts and crafts, | 15 |
| especially painting, and play golf, and she helped at the | 16 |
| Senior Center Food Bank and Food Pantry in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to her husband, Bette Brinkoetter was | 18 |
| preceded in death by her parents; her daughter, Sue Ann | 19 |
| Brinkoetter; and her son-in-law, Laurent Visconti
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| WHEREAS, Bette Brinkoetter is survived by her daughters and |
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| sons-in-law, Emily J. and Neil Schulz, Donna M. and Rod | 2 |
| Johnson, Laura J. Brinkoetter, and Mary B. | 3 |
| Brinkoetter-Visconti; her grandchildren, Joseph, Ben and Andy | 4 |
| Schulz, Matthew and Martha Johnson, Anders and Noah Torjesen, | 5 |
| and Luke, Nicolas and Clair Visconti; her other extended | 6 |
| family; and her many dear friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Bette P. Brinkoetter; | 10 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Bette Brinkoetter as a symbol of our | 13 |
| sympathy.
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