Full Text of SR0986 99th 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 Clara Kathryn Otto of Danvers, who passed | 4 | | away on July 29, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Clara Otto was born on August 6, 1924 in rural | 6 | | Danvers; her parents were Robert Quillian "Quilly" and Mamie | 7 | | Coiner Altare Bostic; she married Loren Otto on October 12, | 8 | | 1944 at the Carlock Mennonite Church parsonage; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Clara Otto was a 1942 graduate of Danvers High | 10 | | School; she began working at State Farm in the life department | 11 | | on December 7, 1942; she was later employed as a defense worker | 12 | | at Eureka Williams; after marrying, she joined her husband in | 13 | | Alexandria, Louisiana, where she passed the federal civil | 14 | | service exam and became a switchboard operator on the military | 15 | | base where he was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps and | 16 | | taught engineering and gunnery; after the war, she farmed with | 17 | | her husband in Lexington and then in Danvers, where they lived | 18 | | on a centennial farm; in 1962, she began working at Country | 19 | | Companies Insurance, where she retired after over 17 years of | 20 | | service in May of 1980; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Clara Otto was very active in the Danvers-Carlock | 22 | | community; she was a long-time member of the Carlock Mennonite |
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| 1 | | Church, the Dry Grove Home Extension, the Danvers PTA, and the | 2 | | Danvers Alumni Association; she and her husband were active in | 3 | | the Bloomington Elks Lodge for many years; an accomplished | 4 | | bowler, she enjoyed being in various local leagues and was a | 5 | | member of the Country Companies' team that won a national | 6 | | bowling championship in the 1969 National Industrial | 7 | | Recreation Association tournament at Crawfordsville, Indiana; | 8 | | she was also passionate about the game of golf and was a former | 9 | | member of the El Paso Golf Club at Kappa; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Following her retirement, Clara Otto and several | 11 | | of her friends formed a group known as The Bag Ladies who | 12 | | played weekly at Hazy Hills Golf Course and other area golfing | 13 | | venues; her enthusiasm for sports included any athletic | 14 | | activity in which her grandchildren were involved as well as | 15 | | being an avid fan of both NASCAR and the New York Yankees; she | 16 | | believed there was nothing more important than spending time | 17 | | with her family and friends; she also enjoyed traveling and | 18 | | spending time in her tree and flower-filled yard; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Clara Otto was preceded in death by her husband, | 20 | | Loren; her parents; her sister, Gladys Troxel; and her brother, | 21 | | Jim Bostic; and | 22 | | WHEREAS, Clara Otto is survived by her sons, Gregory Loren | 23 | | (Karen) Otto and Stanley Alan Otto; 2 grandchildren, Ryan Loren |
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| 1 | | (Laura) Otto and Blake (Danielle) Otto; her | 2 | | great-grandchildren, Nathanael, Natalie, Ava, Luke, Emmerson, | 3 | | and Ethan Otto; her sister, Opal Stahly; and her many nieces | 4 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 7 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Clara Kathryn Otto; | 8 | | and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Clara Otto as an expression of our | 11 | | sympathy.
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