Full Text of SR1116 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 Marilyn J. Roedell of Peoria, who passed | 4 | | away on April 22, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell was born on January 13, 1927 in | 6 | | Peoria; her parents were Francis F. and Mary L. Bobeck; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell earned her Master of Criminal | 8 | | Justice from Sangamon State University in 1987 and her Bachelor | 9 | | of Social Work from the University of Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell founded and was the Director of | 11 | | the Witness Information Service in the mid-1980s for the Peoria | 12 | | County State's Attorney; she was formerly employed as a Crisis | 13 | | Counselor at OSF St. Francis Medical Center Emergency Room for | 14 | | 3 years and served as a social worker for Catholic Social | 15 | | Services; on May 16, 1979, she was sworn in as the first female | 16 | | Deputy of the Peoria County Coroner's Office; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell was a parishioner at St. Thomas | 18 | | the Apostle Catholic Church in Peoria Heights; she was active | 19 | | in Cursillo, the Peoria County Democrats, and the Woodruff High | 20 | | School Alumni Board; she also founded the Divorced Catholics | 21 | | Group with the Peoria Diocese in 1977; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell enjoyed playing poker, planting | 2 | | flowers, and spending time with her family, especially at | 3 | | birthday and holiday celebrations; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell was preceded in death by her | 5 | | parents; a grandson; 2 sisters, Pauline Noirot and Frances | 6 | | Patton; and a brother, James Bobeck; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Roedell is survived by 3 children, Mary | 8 | | Theresa Roedell, Richard M. (JoAnn) Roedell, and Helen | 9 | | Quitschau; a sister, Suzanne M. Draher; 9 grandchildren; and 17 | 10 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 13 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Marilyn J. Roedell; | 14 | | and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Marilyn Roedell as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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