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90_SR0231
LRB9012676CBcbA
1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Margaret O. "Peggy" Alison of Peoria on July
4 4, 1998; and
5 WHEREAS, She was born on April 25, 1942 in Muncie,
6 Indiana, the daughter of John C. and Margaret M. Marsh
7 Oesterle; she received her bachelor's degree from the
8 University of Denver in l964; and
9 WHEREAS, She was a legislative assistant for Senator Carl
10 Hawkinson in the District Office in Peoria; previous to that
11 she had worked for Representative David Leitch,
12 Representative Fred Tuerk, and the late Senator Prescott
13 Bloom; and
14 WHEREAS, She was the first woman elected as an officer of
15 the Chicago Board of Trade in 1976; she was a member of
16 Peoria Senior Citizens Commission and Daughters of the
17 American Revolution, a founding member of Peoria Chapter of
18 Soroptimist International where she received the 1998 Woman
19 of Distinction Award, a member of Peoria County Republican
20 Women's Organization and the Second Ward Republican Men's
21 Ward, and a board member of Gamma Phi Beta House at Bradley
22 University and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Peoria; and
23 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
24 and friends, especially her husband, Jefferson; her father,
25 John; her stepsons, Jeff, James, and Stephen; her
26 stepdaughter, Kathryn Fox; her brother, John K. Oesterle; and
27 four stepgrandchildren; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
29 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow and regret
30 the death of Margaret O. Alison and wish to extend our
31 sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
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1 further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to her husband, Jefferson Alison.