Full Text of SR0800 94th General Assembly
SR0800 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 regret of the death of Rev. Nathan Norval Bartel | 4 |
| of Wheaton, formerly of Naperville, on Tuesday, August 8, 2006; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, He was born on August 15, 1915, in Wautoma, | 7 |
| Wisconsin; he graduated from North Central College and received | 8 |
| his Master of Divinity degree from Evangelical Theological | 9 |
| Seminary; and
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| WHEREAS, He moved to Naperville in 1966 to be Director of | 11 |
| Church and Alumni Relations at North Central College; in 1975, | 12 |
| he joined the staff of the Center for Parish Development, an | 13 |
| interdenominational research and development agency; upon his | 14 |
| retirement in the 1980s, he continued to serve as an Adjunct | 15 |
| Staff Consultant for the Center and as a Development Associate | 16 |
| at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston; and
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| WHEREAS, He held extensive leadership roles in the | 18 |
| Wisconsin Conference of the former Evangelical United Brethren | 19 |
| denomination, serving on the Board of Church Extension and | 20 |
| Missions; he chaired committees and commissions of the Councils | 21 |
| of Churches of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Racine counties; | 22 |
| throughout his ministry, he was enthusiastic and instrumental | 23 |
| in developing programs for Christian youth, church camping, | 24 |
| ecumenical relations, mental health organizations, and radio | 25 |
| and TV interfaith ministries; in 1944, he created the | 26 |
| "Interfaith Radio Program" for WTMJ, the Milwaukee Journal | 27 |
| station; in 2005, he was awarded a Certificate of Service to | 28 |
| the Wisconsin Conference of UMC for 70 years of service to | 29 |
| God's people; and
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| WHEREAS, His volunteer community work included | 31 |
| directorships on numerous civic and welfare boards in the |
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| cities where he ministered; he served as the president of the | 2 |
| Alumni Association for both of his alma maters, and in 1982, he | 3 |
| received the Outstanding Alumnus Award from North Central | 4 |
| College; and
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| WHEREAS, Rev. Bartel was president of the Naperville-North | 6 |
| Central College Performing Arts Association from 1980 to 1983; | 7 |
| the Association's board of directors made him a "life director" | 8 |
| "in grateful recognition of his many contributions to the | 9 |
| association"; he was a member and Chaplain of Kiwanis | 10 |
| International in Wauwatosa and Racine and the Evening Kiwanis | 11 |
| Club of Naperville, which awarded him the Hixson Fellowship | 12 |
| Award; the Naperville Jaycees awarded him for his community | 13 |
| service in the religion category; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a leader in the organization of the Edward | 15 |
| Hospital Chapter of Mended Hearts, working with cardiac | 16 |
| patients and their families as an "on-call chaplain" at Edward | 17 |
| Hospital; as an active member of Community United Methodist | 18 |
| Church, Naperville, he served as a Sunday school teacher and | 19 |
| chaired commissions on worship, education, and evangelism; and
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| WHEREAS, A world traveler, he and his wife, Isabelle, | 21 |
| shared their personal travelogues with many church and civic | 22 |
| groups; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a friendly, dedicated, | 24 |
| people's pastor; his passing has been deeply felt by many, | 25 |
| especially his wife, Isabelle (nee Williams) Bartel; his | 26 |
| daughters, Ellen Bartel and Marina (Daniel) Semprevivo; his | 27 |
| grandchildren, Michael (Anna), Paul, and Laura Semprevivo; and | 28 |
| his many nieces and nephews; he was preceded in death by his | 29 |
| parents, the Rev. William and Ellen (nee Clocksene) Bartel; his | 30 |
| brother, Elsmer; and his sister, Dorothy Fulton; therefore, be | 31 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| Rev. Nathan Bartel, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 4 |
| his family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 8 |
| sympathy.
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