Full Text of SR0817 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Marian L. Engstrom of Woodstock, who | 4 | | passed away on January 4, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marian Engstrom was born October 30, 1923 in Rapid | 6 | | City, South Dakota; she married Howard J. Engstrom on November | 7 | | 15, 1945 in Rapid City; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Marian Engstrom was an active member in her | 9 | | community; she served as a hospice volunteer, put on charity | 10 | | vintage fashion shows, assisted at the Woodstock Opera House, | 11 | | and helped out at PADS homeless shelter; her entrepreneurial | 12 | | spirit also led her to create 2 catering businesses and an | 13 | | antique shop; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marian Engstrom was an active member of the | 15 | | Evangelical Free Church and taught Sunday school and led | 16 | | women's Bible study groups at the church; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Marian Engstrom enjoyed reading, writing poetry, | 18 | | studying genealogy, taking nature walks, gardening, interior | 19 | | decorating, picking berries, sitting in the sun, and traveling | 20 | | with her husband around the world; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Marian Engstrom was preceded in death by her son, | 2 | | Mark; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Marian Engstrom is survived by her husband, | 4 | | Howard; her daughters, Janice (Jonathan) Cornforth and Sherryl | 5 | | (Ken) Somerville; her daughter-in-law, Alma Huete; her | 6 | | brother, Donald Holsten; her sisters, Helen Nordenson and Doris | 7 | | Hovland; and her grandchildren, Lauren, Anthony, Aaron, Luke, | 8 | | and Tabitha; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 11 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Marian L. Engstrom; | 12 | | and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Marian Engstrom as an expression of | 15 | | our sympathy.
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