Full Text of SR1192 101st 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 Carol Anne Kellogg Stoub of La Grange, | 4 | | who passed away on January 17, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub was born to Clement Clarence Kellogg | 6 | | and Lois Evelyn McCormick Kellogg in Wildorado, Texas on July | 7 | | 24, 1934; she and her family fought to survive the dust bowl as | 8 | | they moved to several places in West Texas before settling in | 9 | | Amarillo; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, At the age of nine, Carol Stoub contracted the | 11 | | polio virus; she had to travel alone to Denver, Colorado for | 12 | | treatment; this experience taught her resiliency and | 13 | | problem-solving skills that she used throughout her life; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub earned a scholarship to the highly | 15 | | respected Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri; at this | 16 | | Presbyterian Women's College, her strong feminist teachers | 17 | | inspired her to believe in herself and to believe that she | 18 | | could achieve anything; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub studied abroad her junior year at the | 20 | | premier academic institution in the Middle East, the American | 21 | | University in Beirut, Lebanon; that year she was able to travel |
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| 1 | | throughout the Middle East and Europe, including to Libya, | 2 | | Syria, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, | 3 | | Turkey, Austria, Germany, Holland, the United Kingdom, and | 4 | | more; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, While studying abroad, Carol Stoub met Konrad John | 6 | | Kaltenbach, who later became her first husband and the father | 7 | | of her children; Konrad was called to the McCormick Theological | 8 | | Seminary, and the family moved to Chicago where their son, | 9 | | Konrad J. Kaltenbach, Jr. was born; their daughter, Lois Evelyn | 10 | | Kaltenbach, was born in Sturgis, Minnesota after Konrad was | 11 | | called to be a youth pastor there; the family moved throughout | 12 | | the Midwest before settling in La Grange in 1967; Carol and | 13 | | Konrad divorced two years later; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub went to work to support her family at | 15 | | the Penn Central Railroad and later at Head Start; she married | 16 | | Clarence ("Clar") Stoub the following year; the couple | 17 | | honeymooned on safari in Africa for five weeks and visited | 18 | | Russia, Scotland, the Caribbean, and Mexico; the family lived | 19 | | in Western Springs until Clar passed away in 1984; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub left Head Start after her husband | 21 | | passed away and became the president of Clar's construction | 22 | | company, Triad Form Erectors; while under her command, the | 23 | | business expanded, and she was awarded the Woman in |
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| 1 | | Construction Award in 1988; in 1989, she sold the business and | 2 | | returned to her job as a Family Service Coordinator at Head | 3 | | Start; she worked for 15 years and helped more than 1,500 | 4 | | families in the western suburbs; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub continued to travel after her | 6 | | retirement; she was able to take the Orient Express from | 7 | | Beijing to Moscow in 2001; in the summer, Carol enjoyed going | 8 | | to her daughter's vacation home in Lakewood, Minnesota where | 9 | | she found a wonderful group of friends; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub was an involved member of her | 11 | | community and volunteered at nearly two dozen organizations; | 12 | | she had a passion for building connections and lived by the | 13 | | mantra that everyone can do something to make our world a | 14 | | better place; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, One organization in which Carol Stoub was involved | 16 | | was the Interfaith Book Group; founded in 2012 in response to | 17 | | the 9/11 attacks, this group of women, all of different faiths, | 18 | | would meet regularly to read and discuss various types of | 19 | | literature; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub had an eye for treasures that she | 21 | | loved to display in her home; she will be remembered for her | 22 | | gracious hospitality, her abundance of knowledge and skill in |
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| 1 | | her conversation and correspondence, her keen insights, and for | 2 | | her love of a wee dram of scotch; she was a true Texas woman as | 3 | | she was always well groomed, friendly, upbeat, and smiling; she | 4 | | faced many challenges in life but overcame them all, and her | 5 | | problem-solving skills, bravery, and good humor will be missed; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub was preceded in death by her husband, | 8 | | Clarence Stoub; her parents, Clement and Lois Evelyn McCormick | 9 | | Kellogg; and her brother, Walter Kellogg; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Carol Stoub is survived by her children, Konrad | 11 | | (Lea) Kaltenbach and Lois (Greg) Basil; her grandchildren, | 12 | | Konrad (fiancé Megan O'Brien) Kaltenbach III, Kristina (Jimmy) | 13 | | Peck, Hannah (Caleb) Basil Bryant, and Hope Basil; her great | 14 | | granddaughter, Emma Peck; her stepchildren, Betty Stoub (Mark | 15 | | Tollick) and Mark (Jane) Stoub; her stepgrandchildren, Heather | 16 | | (Edward) Coco and Jennifer (Brandon) Utah; as well as many | 17 | | nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Carol Anne Kellogg Stoub and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Carol Stoub as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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