Full Text of SR0420 95th General Assembly
SR0420 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| hear of the death of Sister Mary Barbara Loxterkamp of Alton, | 4 |
| who passed away on October 31, 2007, fortified with the | 5 |
| Sacraments of the Holy Mother Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Sister M. Barbara Loxterkamp, F.S. G. M., baptized | 7 |
| Agnes Loxterkamp, was born on March 16, 1920 in Kettenkamp, | 8 |
| Germany; she entered the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr | 9 |
| St. George on March 7, 1953 and professed her first vows on | 10 |
| September 17, 1955; she professed her final vows on September | 11 |
| 16, 1959 and celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Her missions included: St. Anthony's Health | 13 |
| Center in Alton from September 18, 1955 to April 14, 1985 in | 14 |
| nursing; Marian Heights Apartments in Alton from April 15, 1985 | 15 |
| to September 14, 1989 in nursing; Pope John Paul I Apartments | 16 |
| in Springfield from September 15, 1989 to October 10, 2000 | 17 |
| working with the elderly and nursing as needed; and from | 18 |
| October 11, 2000 until the present as an Adoration Sister in | 19 |
| Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Sister Loxterkamp is survived by one sister, Mrs. | 21 |
| Irma Redder; her three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Margaret | 22 |
| Loxterkamp, Mrs. Maria Loxterkamp, and Mrs. Maria Loxterkamp; |
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| and her many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Sister Mary Barbara | 5 |
| Loxterkamp; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Sister Mary Barbara Loxterkamp as a | 8 |
| symbol of our sympathy.
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