Full Text of HR0868 95th General Assembly
HR0868 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Rosemary | 4 |
| Berkel Crisp of Marion, who passed away on December 1, 2007; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp was a noted business leader | 7 |
| and co-owner of Pepsi MidAmerica Company; she was a women's | 8 |
| healthcare activist, philanthropist, and mother of six | 9 |
| children;
Mrs. Crisp was recently honored by Southern Illinois | 10 |
| University Carbondale with its prestigious Inspiring Women of | 11 |
| Achievement Award in October 2007; the honor befitted Mrs. | 12 |
| Crisp's lifelong devotion to improving the quality of | 13 |
| healthcare services across Southern Illinois and beyond; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Chicago and graduated in 1958 from | 15 |
| St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Evansville, Indiana; | 16 |
| she worked as a nurse from 1958 to 1960 at Marion Memorial | 17 |
| Hospital; she married Harry L. Crisp II in 1960 and focused her | 18 |
| energies on raising a family, community service, and growing | 19 |
| the family business, Pepsi MidAmerica Company, which she | 20 |
| co-owned with her husband; from 1970 to 1985, Mrs. Crisp was a | 21 |
| volunteer nurse for the American Red Cross, Lions Club, and | 22 |
| Girl Scouts; even though she ceased practicing as a nurse in | 23 |
| the mid-1980s, she continued to renew her nursing license every |
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| two years; and
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| WHEREAS, She was co-founder of the Southern Illinois | 3 |
| Women's Health Conference and also served on the board of | 4 |
| directors for the Hands of Hope clinic, which offers free | 5 |
| health care to needy families; her charitable work has been | 6 |
| recognized with dozens of awards; Mrs. Crisp has been | 7 |
| previously honored as Citizen of the Year by the Greater Marion | 8 |
| Area Chamber of Commerce; Southeast Missouri State University | 9 |
| named their nursing facility Rosemary Berkel Crisp Hall of | 10 |
| Nursing in recognition of her many accomplishments; and
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| WHEREAS,
Mrs. Crisp was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic | 12 |
| Church in Marion; she served on dozens of boards, foundations, | 13 |
| and committees during her lifetime; at the time of her passing, | 14 |
| she was a Trustee of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, and a | 15 |
| Director of the National Institute of Health, National | 16 |
| Institute of Nursing Research in Washington, D.C., Southeast | 17 |
| Missouri State University Foundation in Cape Girardeau, John A. | 18 |
| Logan College Foundation in Carterville, University of | 19 |
| Tennessee Women's Philanthropy Alliance, and the Marion Civic | 20 |
| Center Foundation in Marion; her past board of director | 21 |
| positions include Director of the National League for Nursing | 22 |
| in New York, and the Society for Advancement of Women's Health | 23 |
| Research, Washington, D.C.; and |
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert | 2 |
| and Rose Berkel; and
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| WHEREAS, Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Harry | 4 |
| L. Crisp II; her son, H. Lee Crisp III and wife, Stacie; her | 5 |
| daughters, Cynthia Crisp Dickens and husband, Brian Keith, Cara | 6 |
| Crisp Sims and husband, Cris, Catherine Crisp Newbold and | 7 |
| fiancé, Greg Wilson, Carole Crisp Schwarm and husband, Mark, | 8 |
| and Cheryl Crisp Rabbitt and husband, Bob; her brother, Jim | 9 |
| Berkel and wife, Sue; her sisters, Pat Pulley and husband, | 10 |
| Barney, and Delores McCuan and husband, LaVerne; her sixteen | 11 |
| grandchildren, Brandy Newbold Cohlmeyer, Tyler Newbold, | 12 |
| Cameron Newbold, Ryan Rabbitt, Olivia Rabbitt, Taylor Rabbitt, | 13 |
| Alexandria Rabbitt, Hunter Dickens, Harrison Dickens, Hayden | 14 |
| Dickens, Hallie Crisp, Harry L. Crisp IV, Palmer Sims, Luke | 15 |
| Sims, Jacob Schwarm, and Jeremiah Schwarm; and one | 16 |
| great-grandchild, Elaine Cohlmeyer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 20 |
| Rosemary Berkel Crisp; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the family of Rosemary Crisp as a symbol of our | 23 |
| sincere sympathy.
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