Full Text of SR0577 95th General Assembly
SR0577 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Rosemary Berkel Crisp of Marion, who | 4 |
| passed away on December 1, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp was born in Chicago to | 6 |
| Albert and Rose Berkel; she graduated from St. Mary's Hospital | 7 |
| School of Nursing in Evansville, Indiana in 1958 and from the | 8 |
| John Robert Powers Model and Finishing School in St. Louis in | 9 |
| 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp worked as a nurse at Marion | 11 |
| Memorial Hospital in Marion from 1958 until 1960; she married | 12 |
| Harry L. Crisp II in 1960 and focused her energies on raising a | 13 |
| family, community service, and growing the family business, | 14 |
| Pepsi MidAmerica Company, which she co-owned with her husband; | 15 |
| and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp served as a volunteer nurse | 17 |
| for the American Red Cross, Lions Club, and Girl Scouts from | 18 |
| 1970 until 1985; even after she ceased practicing as a nurse in | 19 |
| the mid-1980s, she continued to renew her nursing license every | 20 |
| two years; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp was a co-founder of the |
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| Southern Illinois Women's Health Conference; she also served on | 2 |
| the board of directors for the Hands of Hope clinic, which | 3 |
| offers free health care to needy families; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp served on dozens of boards, | 5 |
| foundations, and committees during her lifetime; she was a | 6 |
| Trustee of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois; she was Director of | 7 |
| the National Institute of Health, the National Institute of | 8 |
| Nursing Research in Washington, D.C., the Southeast Missouri | 9 |
| State University Foundation in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the | 10 |
| John A. Logan College Foundation in Carterville, The University | 11 |
| of Tennessee Women's Philanthropy Alliance, the Marion Civic | 12 |
| Center Foundation in Marion, the National League for Nursing in | 13 |
| New York, New York, and the Society for Advancement of Women's | 14 |
| Health Research in Washington, D.C.; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp was the recipient of many | 16 |
| awards in recognition of her lifelong devotion to improving the | 17 |
| quality of healthcare services across Southern Illinois and | 18 |
| beyond; she was honored as "Citizen of the Year" by the Greater | 19 |
| Marion Area Chamber of Commerce; the nursing facility at | 20 |
| Southeast Missouri State University was renamed the Rosemary | 21 |
| Berkel Crisp Hall of Nursing in recognition of her many | 22 |
| accomplishments; and in October 2007, she was honored by | 23 |
| Southern Illinois University at Carbondale with its | 24 |
| prestigious Inspiring Women of Achievement Award; and |
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp was a member of the St. | 2 |
| Joseph Catholic Church in Marion; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp was preceded in death by her | 4 |
| parents, Albert and Rose Berkel; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp is survived by her husband | 6 |
| of 47 years, Harry L. Crisp II; her son, H. Lee Crisp III and | 7 |
| wife, Stacie; her daughters, Cynthia Crisp Dickens and husband, | 8 |
| Brian Keith, Cara Crisp Sims and husband, Chris, Catherine | 9 |
| Crisp Newbold and fiance, Greg Wilson, Carole Crisp Schwarm and | 10 |
| husband, Mark, and Cheryl Crisp Rabbitt and husband, Bob; her | 11 |
| brother, Jim Berkel and wife, Sue; her sisters, Pat Pulley and | 12 |
| husband, Barney, and Delores McCuan and husband, LaVerne; her | 13 |
| grandchildren, Brandee Newbold Cohlmeyer, Justin Tyler | 14 |
| Newbold, Cameron Newbold, Ryan Rabbitt, Olivia Rabbitt, Taylor | 15 |
| Rabbitt, Alexandra Rabbitt, Hunter Dickens, Harrison Dickens, | 16 |
| Hayden Dickens, Hallie Crisp, Harry L. Crisp IV, Christopher | 17 |
| Palmer Sims, Luke Sims, Jacob Schwarm, and Jeremiah Schwarm; | 18 |
| and her great-grandchild, Elaine Cohlmeyer; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosemary Berkel Crisp will be remembered by all | 20 |
| who knew and loved her as a kind and giving person whose faith, | 21 |
| hope, and love inspired everyone she met; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Rosemary Berkel Crisp; | 4 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Rosemary Berkel Crisp as an | 7 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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