Full Text of SR0416 98th 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 Martha M. Berg of North Aurora, who | 4 | | passed away on June 27, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Martha Berg was born on April 8, 1947, in | 6 | | Frankfort, Kentucky; her parents were James H. and Martha | 7 | | Maddox; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Martha Berg graduated from Sullivan Indiana High | 9 | | School in 1965; she subsequently attended Indiana State | 10 | | University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in | 11 | | elementary education in 1968 and completed her master's degree | 12 | | in elementary education in 1971; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Martha Berg served as an educator for 35 years; | 14 | | she spent her first 26 years at Sherrard Elementary in Sherrard | 15 | | and her last 9 years in education were spent at East Aurora | 16 | | Illinois School District 131; after retiring in 2005, she | 17 | | carried her love of teaching into assisting future teachers at | 18 | | Olivet Nazarene University, Aurora University, and the | 19 | | National Head Start Family Literacy Center; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Martha Berg was an active member of her community; | 21 | | she served in numerous organizations, including the Child |
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| 1 | | Welfare Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, and P.E.O.; she was a | 2 | | member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she was | 3 | | involved in the Chancel Choir and 10-Fold Contemporary | 4 | | Christian Group and served as a deacon and member of various | 5 | | committees; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Martha Berg is survived by her loving husband of | 7 | | 17 years, Richard K. "Dick" Berg Jr.; her children, Laura | 8 | | (Eric) Kies, Tyler (Brooke) Knowles, Rick (Audra) Berg, and | 9 | | Diane (Brian) Gillaspie; her grandchildren, Maddox and Kennon | 10 | | Kies, Carter and Reid Knowles, Jackson and Jillian Berg, and | 11 | | Hannah Gillaspie; and her special brothers, Jay (Carolyn) | 12 | | Maddox and Bill Maddox; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 | | her family and friends, the passing of Martha M. Berg; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Martha Berg as an expression of our | 19 | | sympathy.
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