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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Lois Marie Newell Schackmann was born March 26,
3 1927 in Springfield to Elizabeth and Thomas Newell; and
4 WHEREAS, Lois Newell Schackmann attended Spaulding
5 Elementary and Riverton High School; and
6 WHEREAS, Lois Newell married James Carl Schackmann on
7 July 27, 1946 and their children include Linda Anne, James
8 Howard, and Brian Albert; and
9 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann has been involved with the
10 American Legion Auxiliary for over 30 years; and
11 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann represented the 8 and 40 Club to
12 the children at St. John's Children's Hospital from 1953 to
13 1961; and
14 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann volunteered through the American
15 Legion Auxiliary to help Veterans at St. John's Sanitarium
16 from 1953 through 1961; and
17 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann served on the board of Illini
18 Girl's State from 1954 to 1984; served on the governing
19 Commission of Illini Girl's State from 1974 to 1982; was
20 responsible for arranging tours of the Lincoln sites and all
21 State buildings in Springfield for over 500 Girl's State
22 attendees each year for 30 years; was responsible for
23 arranging meetings between the State Governor, Lieutenant
24 Governor, Secretary of State, and State Treasurer, and the
25 corresponding elected Illini Girl's State representatives;
26 and helped educate these same 500 girls about State
27 government for 30 years; and
28 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann has been a member of the
29 Memorial Hospital Guild, a charter member of the Old State
30 Capital Foundation, a member of the Sangamon County
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1 Tuberculosis Foundation, and was instrumental in the first
2 Toys for Tots campaign in 1956; and
3 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann served as the secretary of the
4 Ronald Reagan Home Preservation and Restoration Foundation;
5 and
6 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann has been a member of the Capital
7 City Women, South Sangamon Republican Club, Clear Lake
8 Township Club, and West Sangamon Republican Club; and
9 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann has worked on most every
10 Republican county official's campaign since Judge Raymond
11 Terrell's first campaign; every Republican State campaign
12 since Bill Stratton's race for Governor; been to every State
13 Convention since 1979; helped with the city campaigns of Irv
14 Smith, Karen Hasara, and Tony Libri; and helped with the
15 national campaigns of Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, Gerald
16 Ford, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Robert Dole, and George W.
17 Bush; and
18 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann has worked as Executive
19 Assistant for Sangamon County Republican Chairman Irv Smith
20 from 1983 to 2003; and
21 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann worked on the Springfield
22 Municipal Parking Commission from 1988 to 1992; and
23 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann currently serves on the Sangamon
24 County Jury Commission; and
25 WHEREAS, Lois Schackmann has officially retired after
26 giving 20 years of loyal and faithful service to the Sangamon
27 County Republican Central Committee; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we congratulate Lois Schackmann on the occasion of her
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1 retirement, and we thank her for her many years of dedication
2 and service; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to Lois Schackmann as an expression of our respect
5 and esteem.
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