Full Text of SR0708 96th General Assembly
SR0708 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Charlotte R. Oglesby of Madison, | 4 |
| Wisconsin, formerly of Springfield, who passed away on March 3, | 5 |
| 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Oglesby was born on August 17, 1922, in | 7 |
| Chicago; her parents were Nunzio and Olga Russo, the founders | 8 |
| of the Russo Spaghetti Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Oglesby spent her childhood on the North | 10 |
| Shore of Chicago; she also lived in Florence, Italy with her | 11 |
| mother and brother for 2 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Oglesby married John Lewis Oglesby in | 13 |
| 1941; she and her husband then made their home in Elkhart, | 14 |
| where they raised their daughters, Carlotta Gillett Oglesby | 15 |
| Tibbals, and Victoria Wright Hallam; following the passing of | 16 |
| her husband in 1973, Charlotte moved to Springfield, where she | 17 |
| lived for 37 years until just prior to her passing; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, Charlotte Oglesby accepted a position | 19 |
| with the Illinois Department of Conservation, Lands, and | 20 |
| Historic Sites as a site interpreter at Lincoln's Tomb; during | 21 |
| her tenure, she coordinated the flag ceremonies for both the |
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| Boy and Girl Scouts of America and served as host of numerous | 2 |
| State and national leaders, including President Ronald Reagan | 3 |
| and Nancy Reagan, Mr. and Mrs. Jack and Susan Ford; Mrs. "Lady | 4 |
| Bird" Johnson, and Senator Hillary Clinton; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1987, Charlotte Oglesby accepted a position | 6 |
| with the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency as a site | 7 |
| interpreter at the Old State Capitol, the Lincoln-Herndon Law | 8 |
| Offices, and the Vachel Lindsey Home; as an interpreter, she | 9 |
| participated in the Iles School outreach program for the "Mr. | 10 |
| Lincoln World Living History Program" and coordinated the | 11 |
| annual holiday concert at the Old State Capitol; at the time of | 12 |
| her retirement in 2006, she was the oldest State employee at | 13 |
| the time at the age of 83; and
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| WHEREAS, During her 28-year career with the State of | 15 |
| Illinois, Charlotte Oglesby was especially delighted when | 16 |
| Italians came to tour the sites, as she would converse and | 17 |
| interpret entirely in Italian; she was the recipient of | 18 |
| numerous accolades as an outstanding interpreter on the legacy | 19 |
| and history of the State of Illinois and Abraham Lincoln; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Oglesby was a great lover of animals, | 21 |
| especially her cat, Daisy; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Oglesby was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her husband; her daughter, Carlotta; and her brother, | 2 |
| Arthur Russo; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Oglesby is survived by her daughter and | 4 |
| son-in-law, Victoria and Robert Hallam; her grandchildren, | 5 |
| John Paulk, Victoria Dillon, Stephanie and Illinois State | 6 |
| Senator Kirk Dillard; Charlotte Blotz, and Jessica Hallam; and | 7 |
| her 9 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Charlotte R. Oglesby; | 11 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Charlotte Oglesby as an expression | 14 |
| of our sympathy.
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