Full Text of SR0221 97th 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 James Eitrheim of Pequot Lakes, | 4 | | Minnesota, formerly of Oak Park, who passed away on April 16, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born February 21,
1933 on a farm in Baltic, | 7 | | South Dakota; he graduated from Augustana College in 1958 after | 8 | | taking two years out for service in the United States Navy, | 9 | | where he served aboard the destroyer USS Rowe; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, On August 17, 1958 he married his college | 11 | | sweetheart, Diane C. Johnson; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, He received his Masters of Arts degree in 1959 | 13 | | from the University of Illinois at Urbana and that same year | 14 | | began a 31-year teaching career at Oak Park and River Forest | 15 | | High School; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, While teaching theater, he inspired such movie and | 17 | | TV stars as Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Dan Castelleneta, Tom | 18 | | Lennon and Kathy Griffin; he is credited with mentoring | 19 | | hundreds of students and developing their passion for the arts; | 20 | | he was also the force behind building the school's auditorium | 21 | | and the Little Theatre; he also helped construct the buildings, |
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| 1 | | drawing on his experience in carpentry; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, He planned, cast, and supervised hundreds of | 3 | | theater productions and directed more than 50 plays; he taught | 4 | | stagecraft in addition to drama and served as theater | 5 | | department chairman; the high school's top drama award, the | 6 | | James Eitrheim Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Arts, is | 7 | | named for him; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, After retiring in 1990, he accepted a faculty | 9 | | position teaching theater at The University of Sioux Falls in | 10 | | South Dakota; he retired again in 1998; in 2000, he and his | 11 | | wife moved to Pequot Lakes, Minnesota; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, He served for over 5 years on the Joseph Jefferson | 13 | | Award Committee in Chicago; in 1990, he was honored by Oak Park | 14 | | and River Forest High School with their Outstanding Alumni | 15 | | Achievement and Service Award; he was an active member of the | 16 | | Lutheran faith, serving on various committees and choirs and | 17 | | was currently a member of Lutheran Church of the Cross in | 18 | | Nisswa, Minnesota; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Dan and | 20 | | Selma Eitrheim; his brother, Donald; and his niece, Susan | 21 | | Lankford; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Eitrheim is survived by his wife, Diane; his | 2 | | son, Kristofer (Eileen); his daughter, Karin (Steve) Maas; his | 3 | | son, Erik (Dawn); his brother, Norm (Clarice); his sister, | 4 | | Esther
(Bill) Boadwine; his sister-in-law, Joan Eitrheim;
he | 5 | | rejoiced in the lives of his 5 grandchildren, Greta, Ingrid, | 6 | | Alec, Erik, and Ava; and his 9 nieces and nephews; therefore, | 7 | | be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 | | his family, friends, and community, the passing of James | 11 | | Eitrheim; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of James Eitrheim as a symbol of our | 14 | | sincere sympathy.
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