Full Text of HR0455 94th General Assembly
HR0455 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Karyn | 4 |
| Esta Grunloh of Altamont on Friday, April 22, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Grunloh was born January 27, 1942, in | 6 |
| Vandalia to Clayton and Esta Stroup Wallace; she married | 7 |
| Lawrence R. "Larry" Grunloh on May 18, 1963, in St. Clare | 8 |
| Catholic Church in Altamont; he preceded her in death on March | 9 |
| 15, 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a seventh-grade and eighth-grade | 11 |
| literature teacher for Altamont Community Unit School | 12 |
| District, where she worked since 1979 and was the district | 13 |
| language arts curriculum coordinator for kindergarten through | 14 |
| twelfth grade; she taught at St. Anthony's grade and high | 15 |
| schools in Effingham from 1962 to 1979; she was an Illinois | 16 |
| State Board of Education State English and Language Arts | 17 |
| Writer/Consultant of Performance Descriptors/Assessment | 18 |
| Tasks/Rubrics related to Illinois State Standards and | 19 |
| Outcomes; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Grunloh was a member of St. Clare Catholic | 21 |
| Church and belonged to several professional organizations, | 22 |
| including the National Road Reading Council (president), the | 23 |
| East-Central EIU Reading Council (president), the Illinois | 24 |
| Reading Council (Regional 6 Coordinator, Technology | 25 |
| Coordinator, Board of Directors), the International Reading | 26 |
| Council, the Illinois and National Whole Language Council, the | 27 |
| Illinois Council of Affective Reading Education, the | 28 |
| Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the | 29 |
| Illinois Council of Teachers of English, the National Education | 30 |
| Association, and the Illinois Education Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Grunloh was honored for her work at the |
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| International Reading Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, when she | 2 |
| was one of four recipients of the Community Service Award in | 3 |
| 1991; she enjoyed spending time with family, working with | 4 |
| students and teachers, coordinating programs, reading, antique | 5 |
| shopping, community projects, and traveling; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Karen E. Grunloh has been deeply | 7 |
| felt by many, especially her children, Lisa Smith and husband | 8 |
| Scott and Cheri Hammer and husband Chris; her brothers, Gary | 9 |
| Wallace and wife Janice and Ted Wallace and wife Sharon; her | 10 |
| sister, Sue Ferrall and husband Eddie; her brother-in-law, Bob | 11 |
| Grunloh and wife Terry; her sisters-in law, Theresa Weidman and | 12 |
| husband Henry, Martha Cameron and husband Bill, Becky Ragan and | 13 |
| husband Dave, Vera Tomlinson and husband Dale, and Doris | 14 |
| Wallace; her grandson, Derek Smith; and her granddaughters, | 15 |
| Myah Smith and Chrisha Hammer of Altamont; in addition to her | 16 |
| husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, | 17 |
| Robert Wallace; and her sister, Katie Ehlke; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 |
| we mourn the passing of Karyn E. Grunloh, and we extend our | 21 |
| deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who knew and | 22 |
| loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our sincere | 25 |
| condolences.
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