Full Text of HR0135 096th General Assembly
HR0135 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Louise Bauer, who passed away on November 20, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer was born in Benton on September 14, | 6 |
| 1932; her parents were Zelphia and Vern Jones; she graduated | 7 |
| from Benton High School with the Class of 1950; against the | 8 |
| wishes of her father, she attended the University of Illinois, | 9 |
| graduating in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts from the College of | 10 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer had a long and distinguished career | 12 |
| in teaching; her teaching career began in 1954 in Baltimore, | 13 |
| Maryland; however, she is most remembered for her 27-plus years | 14 |
| as a middle school English, grammar, and reading instructor for | 15 |
| the Benton Consolidated School District 47; throughout her | 16 |
| career in Benton, she taught over 4,000 students and was | 17 |
| greatly lauded for her wit and passion for teaching; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer was instrumental in developing | 19 |
| several innovative programs during her teaching career, | 20 |
| including an Independent Study Program for gifted students and | 21 |
| a Team Operational Planning Program; she served as coach of the | 22 |
| eighth-grade Scholar Bowl Team and sponsored the annual |
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| Spelling Contest for the Middle School; a study room was | 2 |
| dedicated in her honor at the Benton Public Library in | 3 |
| recognition of the time she and her students spent at the | 4 |
| library and her love of reading; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer demonstrated commitment to her | 6 |
| fellow teachers; she served as President of the Benton Teachers | 7 |
| Association during the early 1970s and as President of the | 8 |
| Benton Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO from 1981 to 1982; during | 9 |
| her tenure, the District 47 teachers were always among the best | 10 |
| compensated in Southern Illinois, a great source of pride for | 11 |
| her and a testament to her negotiating skill; she also served | 12 |
| on the Southern Illinois Reading Council, the Illinois Council | 13 |
| of English Teachers, the National Association of Middle | 14 |
| Schools, and the International Reading Association; prior to | 15 |
| her retirement from teaching in 1990, she served as District | 16 |
| Representative for the Association of Illinois Middle Schools; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer showed her love for her hometown | 19 |
| through her service at the First Baptist Church, the Benton | 20 |
| Community Park District, and the Benton Civic Center; always | 21 |
| willing to challenge the status quo, she became one of the | 22 |
| first two women to serve on the Board of Deacons of the First | 23 |
| Baptist Church of Benton in 1978; she also served as Sunday | 24 |
| School Superintendent, Vacation Bible School Director, Sunday |
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| School Teacher, and Church Clerk; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer was a leader in the formation of the | 3 |
| Benton Community Park District, serving on the Park District | 4 |
| Board as Vice President from its inception in 1974 through the | 5 |
| mid-1980s and then again from 1990 until 1996; her passion for | 6 |
| the park has created a playground that children from throughout | 7 |
| Southern Illinois have visited and enjoyed; and
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| WHEREAS, In April of 1990, Dorothy Bauer was appointed | 9 |
| Executive Director of the newly formed Benton Civic Center | 10 |
| Authority; her investment of time and talent in her community | 11 |
| was formally recognized in November of 1990, when she was named | 12 |
| "Citizen of the Year" by the Benton Area Chamber of Commerce; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer first met her husband-to-be, David, | 15 |
| when they were attending the third grade at Webster Grade | 16 |
| School; they dated on and off throughout high school before | 17 |
| both of them headed north to attend school at the University of | 18 |
| Illinois; they were married on June 12, 1954, the week before | 19 |
| receiving their undergraduate degrees; later, in 1954, she went | 20 |
| with Lt. David Bauer to Germany, where they enjoyed three | 21 |
| eventful years traveling the continent, surviving the October | 22 |
| Revolution and bearing their first child, Brian; after their | 23 |
| tour in the military, they settled in St. Louis in 1958, where |
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| David began his career in banking and they had their second | 2 |
| child, Paula; in the fall of 1961, they seized on the | 3 |
| opportunity to move back to Benton, where their third child, | 4 |
| Valerie, was born; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer was preceded in death by her parents | 6 |
| and her brother, Elmer; and
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| WHEREAS, Dorothy Bauer is survived by her husband; her son, | 8 |
| Brian Bauer (wife, Patricia); her daughters, Paula Bauer | 9 |
| (partner, Faye Licata) and Valerie Sansing (husband, John | 10 |
| Sansing); her grandchildren, Douglas, Gregory, Kyle, and | 11 |
| Elizabeth (Brian and Pat), Courtney and Cameron (Paula and | 12 |
| Faye), Doug and wife, Aubrey, and Jenna (Valerie and John); and | 13 |
| her brother, Harold Jones (wife, Carol); therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 17 |
| Dorothy Louise Bauer; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Dorothy Bauer as an expression of | 20 |
| our sympathy.
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