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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of Mae M.
4 Stinespring, who passed away on Monday, August 23, 2004; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring was born on February 17, 1912 in
6 Chicago to John F. and Goldie Belle (Patterson) Marty; she
7 married Harry P. Stinespring on August 18, 1936; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring graduated from Carl Schurz High
9 School in Chicago in 1930 where she served as class vice
10 president while her husband, Harry was class president; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring was a piano soloist at the
12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she was 17 and 18 years old;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring graduated from Northwestern
15 University in 1934 with a bachelor of science from the school
16 of speech and a minor in education and Latin; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring taught at Evanston Grade School
18 and the Croatian Children's Home in Niles; in 1985, she was
19 inducted into the Carol Schurz Hall of Fame; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring dedicated her life to community
21 service through life long activities as a leader and founder of
22 numerous organizations; she was founder of NIMC Auxillary Board
23 and served as president from 1956 to 1958; she served as
24 chairman of the NIMC Foundation Board from 1984 through 1987;
25 during her leadership on the Foundation Board, she guided the
26 first NIMC capital campaign to build the new McHenry
27 Hospital/NIMC which opened at its present site in 1984; she
28 served on the NIMC board of directors from 1982 to 1985; she
29 also served as an ex-officio member of the Northern Illinois

 

 

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1 Human Services (parent) Board from 1984 to 1986; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring was a founding member of Family
3 Services and Community Mental Health Center of McHenry in 1959;
4 she served on the board of directors from 1959 to 1979, and was
5 honored as the "Woman of the Year" in 1984 on its 25th
6 anniversary; she was a founding member of hospice services in
7 McHenry County and served on their board of directors from 1982
8 to 1983; in 1979 she was awarded the "Woman of the Year" by the
9 McHenry Business and Professional Women's Club; she also served
10 as a director of the First National Bank of McHenry and of
11 Chicago Manufacturing Company and was a long-standing member of
12 the Union League of Chicago; she was a member of PEO
13 International Women's Organization, member and former officer
14 of Questers International, member, former leader and sponsor of
15 Job's Daughters of McHenry, member of the League of Women
16 Voters, founder of THEOS (To Help Each Other To Smile), a
17 support group for widows and widowers, and she was also on the
18 board of directors of Conference Point Camp; and
 
19     WHEREAS, In 1983, "The Tree of Life" a bronze sculpture was
20 donated to NIMC by Mrs. Stinespring in honor of her husband;
21 The Tree of Life program is a vital part of the ongoing donor
22 commemorative and memorial programs at Centegra; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring also had the idea for McHenry
24 County Meals on Wheels; she began the process through the
25 Diocesan Council of Catholic Women in the early 1970s in the
26 McHenry and Wonder Lake area; she also delivered meals to the
27 aged and infirmed; and
 
28     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring was a member of First United
29 Church in McHenry, where she was involved in the women's circle
30 activities, the scholarship program and she was a church
31 conference delegate; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Mrs. Stinespring was preceded in death by her
2 husband, her parents, a daughter, Sue Cain, a son, John W.
3 Stinespring, a grandson, Gregory Cain, and a brother, Matthew
4 "Pete" Marty; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The passing of Mrs. Stinespring has been deeply
6 felt by all who knew her, especially her three children, Harry
7 P. (Janice) Stinespring III, Donald C. (Susan) Stinespring, and
8 Leota Belle "Libby" (James) Britton; six grandchildren, M.
9 David (Donna) Cain Jr., Harry P. "Hal" Stinespring IV, John R.
10 (Susie) Stinespring, Donald C. (Kari) Stinespring Jr., Brenton
11 C. (Ali) Stinespring, Carissa G. Belle Stinespring; eight
12 great-grandchildren, Theresa, Rachel, and Deborah Cain,
13 Rachael, Kelsey, and Caleb Stinespring, Keegan Stinespring,
14 Lucas Holub; and many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and
15 great-nephews; therefore, be it
 
16     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
18 mourn the passing of Mae M. Stinespring, along with all who
19 knew and loved her, and offer her family and friends our
20 deepest sympathy; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22 presented to the family of Mae M. Stinespring with our
23 sincerest condolences.