Full Text of SR1282 101st 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 Luceille Marie (Gleim) Werner of the Long | 4 | | Point and Streator area, who passed away on July 6, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Luceille Werner was born to Louis and Ina Gleim of | 6 | | rural Grand Ridge on October 26, 1925; she married Vincent | 7 | | Arthur Werner at the Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church | 8 | | in Streator on October 26, 1946; she earned her M.S. in | 9 | | Supervision and Administration from Illinois State University; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Luceille Werner was an educator whose career | 12 | | spanned nearly six decades; she began as a teacher in a one | 13 | | room school house from 1944 to 1954; she was a fourth grade | 14 | | teacher at Long Point Grade School from 1955 to 1959; she | 15 | | served as the supervisor for Woodland, Long Point, and Wilson | 16 | | Elementary Schools from 1959 to 1966; next, she was the | 17 | | curriculum consultant for the Illinois North-Central Region; | 18 | | she then served as the director of the U.S. Department of | 19 | | Education's program On the Way to Success in Reading and | 20 | | Writing, which was implemented in 7,000 school districts across | 21 | | the nation from 1970 to 2002; she also helped expand the family | 22 | | farm operation; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Luceille Werner traveled the nation and the world | 2 | | as an ambassador for excellence in education; she received | 3 | | numerous awards and accolades for her service towards improving | 4 | | education, including being recognized on the floor of the | 5 | | Illinois Senate by Senator Jason Barickman and by proclamation | 6 | | from then-Governor Bruce Rauner in 2016; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Luceille Werner was a member of several | 8 | | organizations, including P.E.O., the Athena Club, and the Lindy | 9 | | Club; she was a certified lay speaker for the United Methodist | 10 | | Church and taught Sunday school for 25 years; she served as | 11 | | president of the LaSalle County Historical Society twice and | 12 | | co-founded the LaSalle County Historical Society's Aitken One | 13 | | Room Schoolhouse program; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Luceille Werner was preceded in death by her | 15 | | husband of 64 years, Vincent Arthur Werner; her parents; her | 16 | | daughter-in-law, Ann (Phillip); and her grandson, David; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Luceille Werner is survived by her sons, Phillip | 18 | | (the late Ann) and John (Joyce); her grandchildren, Deborah, | 19 | | Robert, Kristina, Jason (Laurie), Jeff (Elizabeth), and Joel | 20 | | (Kristin); her great-grandchildren, Jacob Jonathan, Claire | 21 | | Grace, Isla Elizabeth, Malachi Jeremiah, Vienna Elizabeth, and | 22 | | Gavin James; her sister, Mary (Davis) Small; and her several | 23 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 | | Luceille Marie (Gleim) Werner and extend our sincere | 4 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 5 | | her; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Luceille Werner as an expression of | 8 | | our deepest sympathy.
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