Full Text of SR1230 98th General Assembly
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 1 | | expression of our sympathy.
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