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SR2014 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of M. Bernice Springman, who passed away on
4June 15, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, M. Bernice Springman was born on November 22, 1919
6in Hamburg, Missouri; her parents were George William Rogers
7and Ida Florence Rogers; she married Leo J. Springman on August
83, 1937 in St. Charles, Missouri; they resided in Kampsville
9until 1948, when they moved to Godfrey; and
 
10    WHEREAS, M. Bernice Springman was the youngest of eight
11children and loved playing baseball; she had an eighth grade
12education and obtained her GED in 1965; she subsequently
13enrolled in the Licensed Practical Nursing course at the Olin's
14Vocational School of Practical Nursing; she graduated second in
15her class and began her nursing career at St. Anthony's
16Hospital in Alton, where she was beloved by the hospital's
17nuns; after leaving St. Anthony's, she went to work at the
18office of Dr. Norman Taylor, where she retired in 1990 at the
19age of 70; and
 
20    WHEREAS, M. Bernice Springman was a "Pink Lady" volunteer
21at Alton Memorial Hospital and participated in the Parent
22Teacher Association and the Mother's Club at McKinley Grade

 

 

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1School; she attended Westminster Presbyterian Church in
2Godfrey; and
 
3    WHEREAS, M. Bernice Springman was preceded in death by her
4parents; her siblings, Avery, Forrest, Harvey, Vencil, Goldie,
5Lois, and Mae; her husband, Leo; and her son-in-law, John
6Hudson; and
 
7    WHEREAS, M. Bernice Springman is survived by her son, Leo
8Michael (Trudi) Springman; her daughters, Deborah Springman
9Hudson and Melinda Springman (Neill) Hartman; her
10grandchildren, Michelle Tate, Michael Lee Springman, Tracy
11Springman, Russell Springman, Crystal Garrett, Mary Milford,
12Ronald Springman, Aaron Springman, Jamie Springman, Kristine
13Uffelman, Stephanie Simpson, Brent Hartman, Chelsea Kennedy,
14and Jennifer Hartman; 27 great-grandchildren; several
15great-great-grandchildren; two nieces; and three nephews;
16therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
18ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
19family and friends, mourn the passing of M. Bernice Springman;
20and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the family of M. Bernice Springman as an

 

 

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1expression of our sympathy.