Full Text of SR0681 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Natalie Susan McDowell of Monticello, | 4 | | who passed away on November 6, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was born in Decatur to Kathleen | 6 | | (Brown) and James Mauck Sr. on February 1, 1967;
she graduated | 7 | | from Sullivan High School in 1985 and attended Millikin | 8 | | University, where she was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha | 9 | | Sorority and
earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1989; | 10 | | she
married Brian D. McDowell at the First United Methodist | 11 | | Church in Sullivan on June 15, 1991; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was a compassionate and caring | 13 | | nurse who worked with the Decatur Memorial Hospital pediatrics | 14 | | department, the
Lincolnland Visiting Nurses Association, and | 15 | | the Sullivan, Bement, and Monticello school
systems; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was active in Kirby Medical | 17 | | Center
CrossFit and St. Jude's runs; she never missed her | 18 | | sons' school activities or sports and was an avid fan of the | 19 | | Illini, the Green Bay Packers, and the St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | | because they were her sons' favorite
teams; she was a member of | 21 | | the
Monticello United Methodist Church, where she served as | 22 | | Director of Youth Ministry; she led high school and middle |
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| 1 | | school youth groups and planned and accompanied youth on | 2 | | numerous
retreats and mission trips; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was a devoted and loving wife | 4 | | and mother; she
was a dedicated and attentive mother-in-law, | 5 | | daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, aunt, and
cousin; she was | 6 | | an incredibly upbeat and positive person, with a smile and a | 7 | | ready laugh to greet
everyone she met; she had boundless | 8 | | energy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell was preceded in death by her | 10 | | parents; her father-in-law, Jerry McDowell; and her | 11 | | brother-in-law, Steven Breckenridge; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Natalie McDowell is survived by her husband, | 13 | | Brian; her sons, Andrew J. (Sarah)
McDowell and Austin L. | 14 | | McDowell (Lily Stromberg); her brothers, Dr.
James (Patricia) | 15 | | Mauck and Dr. Gregory (Kimberly) Mauck; her sister,
Cindy | 16 | | (Greg) Tarr; her mother-in-law, Judy McDowell; her | 17 | | sister-in-law, Kim
(Jerry Long) Breckenridge; her relatives, | 18 | | Linda and Grant Hoskins and Marlyn (Joe) Harrison; 17 nieces | 19 | | and nephews; nine grandnieces and
grandnephews; 11 cousins; | 20 | | and numerous friends; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Natalie Susan McDowell and extend our sincere condolences to | 2 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Natalie McDowell as an expression | 6 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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