| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
| ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski; and
| ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski dedicated her life to | ||||||
| 5 | the people who mattered most, be they her students, her family, | ||||||
| 6 | or her co-workers, and she affectionately was known as "Liz"; | ||||||
| 7 | and
| ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski was born in April 10, | ||||||
| 9 | 1944, in Jennings, Missouri; she was the 9th of 10 children, | ||||||
| 10 | and, from a young age, learned the auto repair trade from her | ||||||
| 11 | father; and
| ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski joined the Franciscan | ||||||
| 13 | Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ferguson, Missouri in | ||||||
| 14 | 1972 and served as a Sister of that order until she left her | ||||||
| 15 | religious life in 1991; and
| ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, For a few years following her exit from the | ||||||
| 17 | church, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski sold cars and was even | ||||||
| 18 | featured on an episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show as "Sister | ||||||
| 19 | Saturn", reflecting her former life and her current job; and
| ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, In 1994, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski returned to | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | what she always viewed as her first calling, teaching; she | ||||||
| 2 | joined the faculty of F.W. Riley Elementary School in Chicago, | ||||||
| 3 | where she taught science to hundreds of 7th and 8th grade | ||||||
| 4 | students; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski settled at Northwest | ||||||
| 6 | Middle School in the Belmont - Cragin area of Chicago, where | ||||||
| 7 | she led her students year after year to the city-wide Science | ||||||
| 8 | Fair; and
| ||||||
| 9 | WHEREAS, After a mild heart attack, Elizabeth Mary | ||||||
| 10 | Glowczwski learned of her late stage pancreatic cancer, | ||||||
| 11 | eventually succumbing to the illness on May 12, 2014; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski died as she lived, full | ||||||
| 13 | of the bright light that led her through life and the | ||||||
| 14 | everlasting hunger of knowledge, which she shared with everyone | ||||||
| 15 | she met; therefore, be it
| ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 18 | her family and friends, the passing of Elizabeth Mary | ||||||
| 19 | Glowczwski; and be it further
| ||||||
| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the family of Elizabeth Mary Glowczwski as an | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | expression of our sympathy.
| ||||||