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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with great sadness of the untimely death of Mary Jo |
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| Novak of Rock Island on Sunday, April 25, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Jo was born on November 29, 1954, in Decorah, |
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| Iowa, to Robert and Iona (Zweibahmer) Kubesh; she married Larry |
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| Novak on July 6, 1974, in Calmer, Iowa; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Novak received her bachelor's degree in |
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| elementary education with a minor in reading, language arts, |
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| and social studies from Marycrest University in 1988, cum |
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| laude; she earned a master's degree in education administration |
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| from Western Illinois University; she also held an |
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| administrative certificate; and
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| WHEREAS, Since 1991, Ms. Novak had been employed at Lincoln |
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| Elementary School in Rock Island, where she was building |
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| supervisor for both the Minority Teacher's Inventive Program |
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| and the Reading is Fundamental Program; she had recently been |
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| named principal of Thomas Jefferson Elementary School; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Novak leaves behind many lasting memories and |
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| legacies, one of them her never ending enthusiasm; she enjoyed |
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| coordinating a "book room" where teachers could check out books |
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| based on their students' reading level; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Novak was a member of St. Pius X Catholic |
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| Church in Rock Island; she was proud of her children and their |
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| many accomplishments; she took pride in cultivating close |
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| personal relationships with her friends and colleagues, and she |
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| was a "rock" for many of her friends and was always willing to |
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| lend an ear; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Jo Novak has been deeply felt |