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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3to learn of the death of former Illinois State Representative
4Suzanne L. Deuchler of Aurora; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rep. Deuchler was born to Elvin and Margaret
6Clark in Chicago on July 21, 1929; she grew up in Shelbyville;
7she married Walter Deuchler on February 4, 1951; she earned
8her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of
9Illinois in 1951 and later studied at the Dayton Art
10Institute; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Rep. Deuchler served as the Republican state
12representative of the 42nd district in the General Assembly
13from 1981 to 1999; she had previously served as a
14representative of the West Side of Aurora on the Kane County
15Board for four years; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Rep. Deuchler was first elected to the General
17Assembly in 1980, beating an 80-year-old incumbent of 16
18years, Al Schoeberlein; during her 18-year tenure, she served
19on the Education, Appropriations, Banking, Transportation, and
20Environment committees in the Illinois House of
21Representatives; she was known for her support of women's
22issues, including abortion rights and the Equal Rights

 

 

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1Amendment, and for supporting environmental issues, being
2instrumental in establishing the Nelson Lake Nature Preserve
3in Kane County; she was also a supporter of education
4initiatives, and she was one of the representatives
5instrumental in establishing the Illinois Math and Science
6Academy in Aurora and the Orchard Road interchange with
7Interstate 88, which was later renamed the Suzanne Deuchler
8Honorary Interchange in 2018; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Rep. Deuchler served as president of the local
10chapter of the League of Women Voters and on many nonprofit
11boards, including the Aurora Historical Society, the Rush
12Copley Medical Center Governing Board, SciTech, and the
13National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Kane-South, DeKalb,
14and Kendall Counties (NAMI KDK); she was a longtime member of
15the American Association of University Women; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Rep. Deuchler was a world traveler, a talented
17watercolorist, and a mother of two; she will be remembered for
18her bright smile and her many accomplishments; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Rep. Deuchler is survived by her husband of 71
20years, Walter Deuchler; her sister, Nancy Clark Amstutz; her
21daughter, Maryll (Tom) Moon; her granddaughters, Erika
22Kleibrink and Claudia Moon; her nieces, Betsy (Donald) Flett
23and Kathy Finn; and her nephews, Edward (Robyn Weinstein)

 

 

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1Bettenhausen and Kenneth (Jean) Bettenhausen; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
4former Illinois State Representative Suzanne L. Deuchler and
5extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all
6who knew and loved her; and be it further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Rep. Deuchler as an expression of
9our deepest sympathy.