Full Text of SR1422 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 Carole A. Michels of rural Elburn, who | 4 | | passed away on August 16, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Carole Michels was born on June 29, 1941 in Aurora | 6 | | to Roy and Gertrude (nee Kroeger) Brown; she attended Oak Park | 7 | | Elementary School and East Aurora Junior High School, and | 8 | | graduated from East Aurora High School in 1959 in its first | 9 | | graduating class; she married Jim Michels on December 1, 1962 | 10 | | at St. Therese of Jesus Catholic Church in Aurora; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Carole Michels began her career as a secretary | 12 | | with IBM in Aurora; she and her husband then spent time in | 13 | | Oklahoma and Minnesota before returning to Illinois and | 14 | | settling in their home in Blackberry Township in 1969; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Carole Michels concentrated on raising her | 16 | | children and looking after her family before resuming her | 17 | | secretarial career in 1974 when she joined the newly formed | 18 | | consulting engineering firm, Engineering Enterprises in | 19 | | Elburn; she became active in the Elburn Business Council, and | 20 | | in 1982, she became a realtor with Leuer Realty where she was a | 21 | | "top producer" for most of her 30 year career; she was a member | 22 | | and President of the Greater Aurora Association of Realtors and |
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| 1 | | a member of the Fox Valley Board of Realtors; she held several | 2 | | leadership positions with both boards; she was also a charter | 3 | | member of the Kane County Tourism Association and a member of | 4 | | the Kaneland Foundation and the Waubonsee Community College | 5 | | Foundation; she was a precinct committee person for Blackberry | 6 | | Township, Kane County for many years; she was one of the 7 | 7 | | founders of Kaneland Community Bank, now American Bank and | 8 | | Trust in Elburn; she was also the Corporate Secretary Emeritus | 9 | | of Engineering Enterprises, Incorporated in Sugar Grove; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Carole Michels was active in St. Gall Catholic | 11 | | Church in Elburn where she was an Eucharistic Minister; she | 12 | | enjoyed life, especially entertaining family and friends by | 13 | | cooking and baking; she also enjoyed traveling with her family | 14 | | and friends, and vacationing at Powers Lake, Wisconsin; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Carole Michels was preceded in death by her | 16 | | parents; grandsons, Geno and Ryan Migliorini; her mother and | 17 | | father-in-law, Marie and Ben Michels; her brothers-in-law, | 18 | | Bob, Art, and Bern Michels and Jim McCue Sr.; and 5 nieces and | 19 | | nephews; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Carole Michels is survived by her husband, Jim; | 21 | | sons, Sean (Valerie) Michels and Todd (Jacqui) Michels; | 22 | | daughter, Denise (Brian) Migliorini; sisters, Jean (Don) | 23 | | White, Joan McCue, and Judy (Jim) Kreitz; grandchildren, Abby, |
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| 1 | | Nick, Maddy, and Sophie Michels, Greycn, Alexa, and Samantha | 2 | | Michels, and Gina and Nico Migliorini; sisters-in-law, Pat, | 3 | | Lil, and Lois Michels and Anna Marie Avram; her brother-in-law, | 4 | | Nello Avram; and 44 nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Carole A. Michels, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Carole Michels as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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