Full Text of SR1600 099th 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 Jean Alice Handke, who passed away on | 4 | | January 11, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jean Handke was born in Chicago to James and Ruth | 6 | | (nee Williams) Faulkner on November 24, 1923 and resided there | 7 | | until the family moved to Wheaton; she graduated from Wheaton | 8 | | High School in 1941 and continued her education at Western | 9 | | Illinois University in Macomb, where she received her | 10 | | bachelor's degree in education in 1946; she married James | 11 | | Handke on July 31, 1949; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jean Handke began her teaching career in San Jose, | 13 | | Illinois, where she taught commercial subjects at San Jose High | 14 | | School for 4 years; her career as an educator spanned over 35 | 15 | | years in Crystal Lake, starting with 4 years of substitute | 16 | | teaching at 10 different schools; she found a permanent home in | 17 | | 1964 at Central School (now Hussman Elementary), where she | 18 | | taught 4th grade; during this period, she returned to school at | 19 | | Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and received her | 20 | | master's degree in outdoor education in 1973; for 13 years, she | 21 | | was Outdoor Education Director for School District 47; she | 22 | | hosted many overnight stays at the Veteran Acres Nature Center | 23 | | and utilized the resident program at George Williams College in |
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| 1 | | Williams Bay, Wisconsin; after a brief return to North School | 2 | | to teach 4th grade, she retired from teaching in 1988; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Jean Handke was active in various community | 4 | | groups; she spent many years volunteering with the Girl Scouts | 5 | | and Cub Scouts; she was also a member of the American Legion | 6 | | Auxiliary and volunteered at Sherman Hospital, the Food Pantry, | 7 | | Meals On Wheels, and Helping Paws; she was a long-time member | 8 | | of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake; she served as a | 9 | | Sunday school teacher for 15 years and served on the Altar | 10 | | Guild and volunteered at PADS; after retiring, she began | 11 | | traveling, visiting 49 of the 50 states, along with travels to | 12 | | Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean; an avid camper since | 13 | | childhood, she and her husband had many camping adventures with | 14 | | their children; they continued camping into retirement, | 15 | | acquiring ever larger trailers until they found their "little | 16 | | house", a 35-foot, 5th-wheeler that they enjoyed full time; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2006, Jean Handke and her husband retired at | 18 | | Hearthstone Village; she enjoyed running the "store" at | 19 | | Hearthstone Village twice a week and kept the Hearthstone | 20 | | library organized and always filled with new books; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Jean Handke was preceded in death by her adoring | 22 | | husband of 65 years, James Handke; her parents, James and Ruth | 23 | | Faulkner; and her sister, Ruth Ottoson; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jean Handke is survived by her daughter, Bev | 2 | | (Rich) Hodges; her son, Cary (Linda Roth) Handke; her daughter, | 3 | | Jan Handke; her 3 grandsons, Jason (Kerry) Hodges, Nathan | 4 | | (Kelly) Hodges, and Louis Handke-Roth; her 5 | 5 | | great-grandchildren, James, Savannah, Mae, Grady, and Kordell | 6 | | Hodges; her brother, James (Irma) Faulkner; her | 7 | | brother-in-law, Raymond Renken; and many nieces and nephews | 8 | | across the country; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Jean Alice Handke, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Jean Handke as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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