Full Text of SR2004 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 Doris Jean Wenzel of Mahomet, who passed | 4 | | away on August 29, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Doris Wenzel was born in Paradise Township to Glen | 6 | | Carl and Olive "Ruth" (Coen) Waggoner on February 11, 1940; the | 7 | | youngest of 10 sisters and two brothers, at the age of two, she | 8 | | and her sisters were made wards of the court and separated; she | 9 | | was then adopted by Forest "Dale" and Sarah "Amanda" (Thompson) | 10 | | Replogle of Charleston in July 1942; she attended Lincoln Grace | 11 | | School, Jefferson Junior High, and Charleston High School, | 12 | | where she was active in cheerleading, theater, and debate; she | 13 | | married Jerry Lee Porter, and they had seven children; the | 14 | | marriage later ended; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Doris Wenzel worked for the Leo Burnett | 16 | | advertising agency for many years before studying at the | 17 | | College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, where she wrote for the school | 18 | | paper, participated in theater, and was part of the winning | 19 | | national forensics team; she earned a bachelor's degree at | 20 | | North Central College in Naperville, where she won the Lincoln | 21 | | Academy Award; she was featured in a film for the American | 22 | | Endowment for the Humanities, received national awards in | 23 | | theater, speech, acting, and writing, and received the Richter |
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| 1 | | Fellowship, which allowed her to research the life of Mary Todd | 2 | | Lincoln and write and produce a play based on her research; she | 3 | | earned her Master's Degree in Communication at Illinois State | 4 | | University in 1985; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, After completing her master's degree, Doris | 6 | | Wenzel was a visiting teaching assistant at the University of | 7 | | Illinois, where she met Harry, a professor of Civil Engineering | 8 | | and Assistant Dean in the College of Engineering; they married | 9 | | on May 28, 1998; she also taught classes at the College of | 10 | | DuPage, Parkland College, and Lincoln College; she taught | 11 | | federal compliance at a financial institution in Bloomington; | 12 | | in 1990, she founded Mayhaven Publishing, where she published | 13 | | hundreds of books including two she wrote with her sisters, Ten | 14 | | Sisters: A True Story and Ten Little Sisters; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Doris Wenzel was a member of the Screen Actors | 16 | | Guild, the Fortnightly Club, and the Urbana Rotary; she was a | 17 | | frequent customer at the Hen House in Mahomet with her husband | 18 | | and friends; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Doris Wenzel was preceded in death by her parents; | 20 | | her two brothers; her seven sisters; and her son, Brian Harvey | 21 | | Porter; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Doris Wenzel is survived by her husband, Harry; |
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| 1 | | her sisters, Irma Allen and Vera Barber; her sons, Todd | 2 | | (Christina Marchisano) Porter, Cullen (Jen) Porter, Aaron | 3 | | (Teri) Porter, and Quintin (Elise) Porter; her daughters, | 4 | | Teresa (Paul) Hackler and Michelle (Brett) Petersen; and her | 5 | | daughter-in-law, Lynn (Brian) Porter; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Doris Jean Wenzel and extend our sincere condolences to her | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Doris Wenzel as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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