Full Text of SR0507 094th General Assembly
SR0507 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Katherine M. Geissler, age | 4 |
| 100 and a resident of Joliet since 1909, on October 24, 2005; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, She was born Katherine Guthrie in 1905 in | 7 |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to George W. Guthrie, a machinist, and | 8 |
| Catherine Guthrie, a seamstress before she married; when she | 9 |
| was 4, the family moved to Joliet, Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine followed her 3 older brothers, George, | 11 |
| Leslie and John Guthrie to Joliet Township High School; in | 12 |
| 1923, she, too, graduated from high school; after graduation, | 13 |
| Katherine worked in a secretarial pool at Joliet's large | 14 |
| greeting card company, PF Volland; a purchasing agent there, | 15 |
| Mr. Graham, recognized Katherine's good taste and her abilities | 16 |
| and sought her opinions about the most suitable papers, colors, | 17 |
| and textures for greeting cards; and
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| WHEREAS, In the 1930's, Mr. Graham decided to open his own | 19 |
| greeting card company in Chicago and he invited Katherine to | 20 |
| work in his new company, Card Craft; She agreed and soon, | 21 |
| Katherine was an executive and a part owner of Card Craft; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine married Carl Rueben Medin in 1940; | 23 |
| unfortunately, 18 years later "Rueb" fell ill and died; around | 24 |
| this time, Katherine and Mr. Graham sold Card Craft; and
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| WHEREAS, About 10 years later, Katherine, who still lived | 26 |
| in the home that "Rueb" built on Taylor Street, married her | 27 |
| next-door neighbor, Walter Geissler, a widower; as Walter was | 28 |
| the chief executive at the Joliet Federal Savings and Loan | 29 |
| Association and Katherine's dear mother still resided in | 30 |
| Joliet, they remained in Joliet; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine remained close to her mother throughout | 2 |
| her life and cared for her until she passed away, only 15 days | 3 |
| short of her 100th birthday; Katherine cared for 4 of her loved | 4 |
| ones in their final years, her father, two husbands, and | 5 |
| mother; and
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| WHEREAS, Katherine was generous "Aunt Kate" and dearly | 7 |
| loved by her nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of St. Edward-Christ Episcopal | 10 |
| Church in Joliet; as a member of Childerguild, she worked at | 11 |
| the Silver Cross Hospital gift shop on Sundays to allow other | 12 |
| women to have time with their families; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her first husband, | 14 |
| Carl R. Medin; second husband, Walter Geissler; parents, George | 15 |
| W. and Catherine Guthrie; and brothers, George, Leslie and John | 16 |
| Guthrie; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Katherine Geissler will be felt by | 18 |
| all who knew and loved
her, especially by her nephews, George, | 19 |
| Dale and Reid Guthrie; niece, Marjorie Guthrie; numerous great | 20 |
| nieces and nephews; and cousin, Jane Hendricksen; therefore, be | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 23 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 24 |
| Katherine M. Geissler, and we extend our sincerest condolences | 25 |
| to her family and friends; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 28 |
| sympathy.
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