Full Text of SR0458 100th 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 Kathleen Ann Turnquist of Elgin, who | 4 | | passed away on March 28, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kathleen Turnquist was born in Berwyn to Dorothy | 6 | | Spomer and Gustaf L. Larson on September 19, 1957; she | 7 | | graduated from Morton East High school in Cicero in 1975; in | 8 | | high school, she was involved with the Girl Scouts Cadet | 9 | | Program; she was regularly on the honor roll and was a member | 10 | | of the National Honor Society; during her senior year, she was | 11 | | a contestant in the Cicero Young Junior Miss Contest; she | 12 | | attended MacMurray College, which was made possible by several | 13 | | scholarships, including the first ever scholarship offered by | 14 | | Cicero American Legion Post No. 96; she also worked various | 15 | | part-time jobs during college and graduated with honors in only | 16 | | three and a half years; she went on to earn a master's degree | 17 | | in reading from Northeastern Illinois University in 1983 and | 18 | | had more than 40 additional hours of graduate work beyond that; | 19 | | during the summer of 1983, she attended an Illinois Education | 20 | | Association Summer Leadership Academy at Illinois State | 21 | | University in Normal; she married Jerry Turnquist in December | 22 | | of 1984; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Kathleen Turnquist enjoyed "playing teacher" with |
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| 1 | | her friends and her brother, Ken; Ken's special needs prompted | 2 | | Kathy to become involved in activities to help developmentally | 3 | | disabled youth and young adults; she taught for a semester at | 4 | | Winchester Elementary School in Winchester CUSD No. 1, and | 5 | | joined Elgin Area School District U-46 in the fall of 1979; she | 6 | | first taught at Hanover Countryside Elementary School in | 7 | | Streamwood; she also taught at Coleman, Heritage, and Ridge | 8 | | Circle elementary schools; she later transferred to regular | 9 | | education and taught at Eastview Elementary School, Centennial | 10 | | Elementary School, Canton Middle School, and finally at Lowrie | 11 | | Elementary School; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1992, Kathleen Turnquist was among the nominees | 13 | | for the Elgin Junior Woman's Club "Outstanding Young Woman of | 14 | | Elgin" award; she was recognized in 1995 when she was named as | 15 | | an Education Foundation Grant recipient by the Elgin Chapter of | 16 | | the American Association of University Women; she was included | 17 | | in Who's Who Among American Teachers; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Kathleen Turnquist was a longtime building | 19 | | representative for the Elgin Teachers Association; she served | 20 | | on the district's Instructional Council and on numerous other | 21 | | committees; in 1985, she was appointed by the Elgin City | 22 | | Council to serve on the city's Sesquicentennial Committee; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, In 1987, Kathleen Turnquist was a recipient of a |
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| 1 | | lifesaving kidney donation and became an advocate for organ | 2 | | donation; she spoke to driver education classes about organ | 3 | | donation, appeared in an Illinois Secretary of State pamphlet, | 4 | | and regularly walked in the American Liver Foundation Liver | 5 | | Live Walk; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kathleen Turnquist was preceded in death by her | 7 | | parents; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Kathleen Turnquist is survived by her husband, | 9 | | Jerry; her sons, Dennis and Eric; her brother, Kenneth Larson; | 10 | | many close friends; and numerous students whose lives she | 11 | | impacted over her teaching career; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Kathleen Ann Turnquist, and extend our sincere condolences to | 15 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Kathleen Turnquist as an expression | 19 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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