Full Text of SR0383 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 Susan Marie Rogal of LaSalle, who passed | 4 | | away on April 19, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Susan Rogal was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to | 6 | | Allyne Cushing and Marie Dorman Litchfield on December 28, | 7 | | 1934; she attended Grosse Pointe Country Day School; she earned | 8 | | her associate's degree from Colby Junior College in New London, | 9 | | New Hampshire; she earned her Bachelor or Arts in Music and her | 10 | | M.M. in Piano Performance and Literature from the University of | 11 | | Michigan; she married Samuel J. Rogal at Grosse Pointe Memorial | 12 | | Presbyterian Church on August 14, 1965; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Susan Rogal held positions on the music faculties | 14 | | of the public schools in Grand Rapids, Michigan, followed by | 15 | | appointments to the music departments of Oregon College of | 16 | | Education in Monmouth, Oregon and Iowa State University in | 17 | | Ames, Iowa; following her marriage, she maintained private | 18 | | piano studios in Ames, Iowa, Oswego, New York, West Point, | 19 | | Mississippi, and LaSalle; she also directed Presbyterian | 20 | | Church choirs in West Point, Mississippi and Normal; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Susan Rogal lived in LaSalle for more than three | 22 | | decades; she dedicated herself to the teaching of hundreds of |
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| 1 | | students, impressing upon them the culture and intellectual | 2 | | values of appreciating music and of achieving both competence | 3 | | in as well as enjoyment from piano performance; she and her | 4 | | husband moved from LaSalle to Normal in August 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Susan Rogal is survived by her husband, Samuel; | 6 | | her sons, Geoffrey Carver Rogal and James Paul (Jenni) Rogal; | 7 | | her sister, Sally (Patrick) McEvoy; and her grandchildren, | 8 | | Mamush, Sitota, Fekadu, Azaria, and Reverie Rogal; therefore, | 9 | | be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Susan Marie Rogal and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Susan Rogal as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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