Full Text of SR0568 94th General Assembly
SR0568 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Nina Henkhaus Klinke of | 4 |
| Bethalto, formerly of East Alton, on January 3, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on September 16, 1914, in East Alton | 6 |
| to William H. and Bertha (Ufert) Koehne; she married Kenneth | 7 |
| Henkhaus on July 22, 1939, in Alton; he preceded her in death | 8 |
| on August 21, 1950; she married Harold P. Klinke on August 30, | 9 |
| 1980; he preceded her in death in March 1994; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Klinke was formerly employed with the Madison | 11 |
| County judicial system as the administrator of the Jury | 12 |
| Commission; she was a Wood River Township clerk for 16 years | 13 |
| and was a licensed court reporter and key punch and tabulation | 14 |
| statistician; she was the first woman to be elected as a | 15 |
| Democratic precinct committeeman and was the first woman to | 16 |
| serve on the Madison County Democratic Committee executive | 17 |
| board; she served as secretary of the Wood River Democratic | 18 |
| Committeeman organization for 20 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Klinke was the co-founder of the Bethalto | 20 |
| Woman's Club, where she served as past president and secretary | 21 |
| of the club; she was involved with the Madison County | 22 |
| Federation of Women's Clubs, serving as treasurer for two | 23 |
| years, and was a member of the Daughters of Isabella; she was | 24 |
| appointed by the governor to serve for four years as secretary | 25 |
| of the Southwest Exposition Authority at Southern Illinois | 26 |
| University Edwardsville to research the feasibility of | 27 |
| erecting the Vadalabene Building; she also served as past | 28 |
| president of the Epsilon Chapter and Delta Theta Tau Sorority; | 29 |
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Nina Henkhaus Klinke is felt by all | 31 |
| who knew and loved her, especially her sons and |
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| daughter-in-law, John K. Henkhaus and Mick Henkhaus and his | 2 |
| wife, Kim; her daughter, Jeanne H. Rhoads-Nelson, and her | 3 |
| husband, Tom; her nine grandchildren; her 18 | 4 |
| great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to her husbands, she was preceded in | 6 |
| death by her parents and her sisters, Eunice Kennedy and Wilma | 7 |
| Coultas; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 |
| Nina Henkhaus Klinke and extend our sincerest condolences to | 11 |
| her family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 14 |
| sympathy.
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