Full Text of SR0930 99th 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 Maria A. E. Heiser of Woodstock, who | 4 | | passed away on August 4, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Maria Heiser was born in Berlin, Germany on May 2, | 6 | | 1937 to Heinrich and Margarete Kottusch; following World War | 7 | | II, she and her family settled in East Berlin; her family | 8 | | escaped to the west shortly before the construction of the | 9 | | Berlin Wall; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Maria Heiser emigrated with her daughter to Cary | 11 | | in 1964 and married Robert J. "Bob" Heiser; they settled in | 12 | | McHenry in 1969; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Maria Heiser began working at McHenry High School | 14 | | (East Campus) in 1970, managing the Language Lab; she then | 15 | | worked for the McHenry Medical Group and Kemper Insurance; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Maria Heiser spent much of her time at her | 17 | | typewriter, initially crafting stories and poetry in both | 18 | | English and German, much of which was semi-autobiographical; | 19 | | she was most proud of self-publishing "About People and | 20 | | Things", a book of her poetry; she later became a prolific | 21 | | letter writer; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Maria Heiser was preceded in death by her parents, | 2 | | and by her infant granddaughter, Olivia Christine Heiser; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Maria Heiser is survived by her children, Andrea | 4 | | (Michael) Gilio and Rob (Sharon) Heiser; her grandchildren, | 5 | | Michael, Holly, and Adam Gilio and Corey, Max, Hannah, Sophia, | 6 | | and Julia Heiser; her 4 great-grandchildren; and her sister and | 7 | | niece, Wilma and Ira Mayerhofer of Munich, Germany; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Maria A. E. Heiser, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Maria Heiser as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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