Full Text of HR0379 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Margaret | 4 | | S. "Peggy" Knoepfle of Springfield, who passed away on May 23, | 5 | | 2021; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle was born in Denver, Colorado to | 7 | | James and Agnes (Close) Sower on October 30, 1934; her | 8 | | father's engineering career took them to several places, | 9 | | including Lima, Peru, where as a teenager she attended college | 10 | | and fell in love with Latin American culture; her family then | 11 | | moved to Cincinnati, Ohio; she married John Knoepfle on | 12 | | December 26, 1956, and they moved to St. Louis; they | 13 | | eventually settled in Auburn; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle earned her bachelor's degree at | 15 | | Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and her master's | 16 | | degree in communications from Sangamon State University in | 17 | | Springfield, all while raising four children and supporting | 18 | | her husband's academic endeavors; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle was employed as an associative | 20 | | editor at Illinois Issues; she was a lifelong Democrat and | 21 | | published the book After Alinsky: Community Organizing in | 22 | | Illinois, which includes an interview with the future |
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| 1 | | president, Barack Obama; she and her dear friend, Rosie | 2 | | Richmond, also produced a public access television series, | 3 | | Works and Progress; she was an avid writer and co-founded | 4 | | Brainchild Writers, a women's writing collective; her poems | 5 | | have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle was a member of Witness for Peace, | 8 | | which included missionary trips to Nicaragua and one trip to | 9 | | Columbia and Cuba; she was chair of the Marywood branch of the | 10 | | Women's International League of Peace and Freedom; she | 11 | | co-founded the Auburn Food Pantry in Auburn and participated | 12 | | in the conservation of Revis Prairie; she advocated for the | 13 | | Hutchen's Creek Wilderness area in southern Illinois and | 14 | | managed a fair-trade retail store; her work as an activist | 15 | | included participating in numerous peaceful demonstrations for | 16 | | human rights in Washington D.C, Miami, Decatur, Chicago, and | 17 | | Springfield; she was an avid philanthropist and donated to | 18 | | numerous charities and sponsored many foster children; she | 19 | | volunteered countless hours helping the homeless and | 20 | | vulnerable in Springfield; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle's honors include the 1997 National | 22 | | Home Time Video Award: Journey to Nicaragua, 2002 Springfield | 23 | | YWCA Women of Excellence Honorable Mention, and 2003 | 24 | | Humanitarian of the Year Greater Springfield Interfaith |
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| 1 | | Association; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle was an active member in | 3 | | Springfield at St. Joseph's Catholic Church and Abraham | 4 | | Lincoln Unitarian Universalist Congregation; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle enjoyed taking road trips | 6 | | throughout Illinois with her family and had a great adventure | 7 | | to Alaska in 2021; she was brilliant, creative, and passionate | 8 | | about her causes, advocating for human rights, peace, freedom, | 9 | | equality for all, and nature conservation; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents; her husband, John Knoepfle; and her infant son, James | 12 | | Girard Knoepfle; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Peggy Knoepfle is survived by her sons, John M., | 14 | | David (Robin), and Christopher B. Knoepfle; her daughter, | 15 | | Molly (Rodney) Evans; her grandchildren, Emily Evans, Austin | 16 | | Dowis, Molly Knoepfle, and Hannah Knoepfle; her brother, Jim | 17 | | Sower; her sisters, Elinor Petuskey and Molly Sugarman; and | 18 | | numerous nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 20 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 21 | | we mourn the passing of Margaret S. "Peggy" Knoepfle and |
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| 1 | | extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all | 2 | | who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Peggy Knoepfle as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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