Full Text of HR1229 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Barb Nafziger on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement from the McLean County Coroner's | 5 | | Office; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Barb Nafziger began her career with the McLean | 7 | | County Coroner's Office in November of 1995 as a part-time | 8 | | Deputy under Coroner Dan Brady; she was promoted to full-time | 9 | | Deputy Coroner, then Lead Deputy Coroner, and finally Chief | 10 | | Deputy Coroner, where she has worked under the direction of | 11 | | current Coroner Beth Kimmerling for the past 11 and ˝ years; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, This position grants Barb Nafziger the | 14 | | opportunity to make presentations and participate in several | 15 | | organizations; however, her main interests while in the office | 16 | | have been in the areas of mental illness and dementia; she has | 17 | | been actively involved for many years in the National Alliance | 18 | | for Mental Health and McLean County's Recovery Court and | 19 | | Advisory Board; she was a facilitator for the Survivors of | 20 | | Suicide support group and has provided lectures emphasizing | 21 | | coping mechanisms for those families with loved ones | 22 | | experiencing some type of dementia; she has pursued formal | 23 | | training in the areas of Suicide Investigation and Police |
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| 1 | | Response to Mental Illness; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Through the National Catholic Ministry to the | 3 | | Bereaved, Barb Nafziger has been trained in the advanced skills | 4 | | of pastoral bereavement counseling and has provided emotional | 5 | | and psychological support to many survivors in the McLean | 6 | | County area;
she has been a nationally certified Death | 7 | | Investigator since October 2001, and successfully passed | 8 | | Illinois's mandatory Lead Homicide Investigator class; her | 9 | | areas of expertise include Disaster Response, Forensic | 10 | | Anthropology, and Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents; within | 11 | | the office, she was the liaison to the Southern Illinois Child | 12 | | Death Investigation Task Force, and managed the highly | 13 | | successful Internship program as well as the Alzheimer's Brain | 14 | | Research project; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Prior to joining the coroner's office, Barb | 16 | | Nafziger had over 15 years of experience in the health care | 17 | | field; she also served on the Board of Directors for the | 18 | | Livingston County Family Care Center, and was a Court Appointed | 19 | | Special Advocate for McLean County; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Barb Nafziger was raised in Pontiac; she attended | 21 | | Parkland College and Heartland Community College, and has over | 22 | | 60 hours of college credit in the areas of psychology, medical | 23 | | terminology, sociology, and anatomy and physiology; she is |
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| 1 | | married to John Nafziger, and they have 5 children; they serve | 2 | | their community as Eucharistic Ministers at Holy Trinity | 3 | | Catholic Parish in Bloomington; in her spare time, she enjoys | 4 | | spending time with her grandchildren and relaxing at the family | 5 | | lake house; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Barb Nafziger on her retirement from the McLean | 9 | | County Coroner's Office, and wish her the best in all her | 10 | | future endeavors; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to Barb Nafziger as an expression of our esteem and | 13 | | respect.
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