Full Text of SR0848 098th 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 Marie Ann Vos of Crystal Lake, who passed | 4 | | away on January 13, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marie Vos was born on December 18, 1938 in | 6 | | Manhattan, Kansas to Olaf and Lois Heiberg; she graduated from | 7 | | Worthington High School, where she played the flute in the | 8 | | band; she studied zoology and music at Carleton College in | 9 | | Northfield, Minnesota and earned her master's degree in music | 10 | | education and her doctoral degree in musicology from Washington | 11 | | University in St. Louis, Missouri; during her dissertation | 12 | | research on Johann Christian Bach, she uncovered a forgotten | 13 | | work, Bach's Gloria in D. Major; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Marie Vos was a longtime music educator; in 1968 | 15 | | she took a teaching position at McHenry County College and in | 16 | | 1980 formed the McHenry County Youth Orchestra; in 1986 she | 17 | | established an associated community music school that grew into | 18 | | the McHenry County Music Center, which she led as the executive | 19 | | director; she retired in 2005; after retirement she led the | 20 | | Illinois Council of Orchestras, serving as board president and | 21 | | then executive director until 2010; she also taught private | 22 | | studio voice lessons and musicianship classes; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Marie Vos was active with the First Congregational | 2 | | Church, the women's organization P.E.O., the Fox Hills Music | 3 | | Teachers' Association, and the professional musicians | 4 | | fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon; she also sang with the Chicago | 5 | | Master Singers for nearly 20 years; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Marie Vos was preceded in death by her parents and | 7 | | by her husband, Wesley Marvin Vos; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Marie Vos is survived by her sons, Robert and | 9 | | Thomas; her daughter-in-law, Vivian I-Miao Liu; her grandson, | 10 | | Wesley Olaf Vos; and her brother, Thomas Heiberg; therefore, be | 11 | | it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Marie Ann Vos, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 15 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Marie Vos as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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