Full Text of SR1198 100th 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 Wilma S. (Slaviero) Reschke, who passed | 4 | | away on November 17, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Reschke was born in Valier on February 1, | 6 | | 1928 and grew up in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago; she | 7 | | graduated from the Northwestern University School of Nursing; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Reschke was a leader in her beloved | 10 | | community of Naperville; she helped in shaping Naperville's | 11 | | schools, first as president of the school board of High School | 12 | | District 107 and then by overseeing the merger of Elementary | 13 | | School District 78 and District 107 to form District 203; she | 14 | | was president of the District 203 school board for seven years | 15 | | until she was appointed as the first female on the board of | 16 | | directors of the Bank of Naperville (later becoming Harris | 17 | | Bank); she was also a founding director of the board of the | 18 | | Bank of Fox Valley; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Reschke was the first Sister City | 20 | | Commissioner; she founded the Cancer Society (Naperville | 21 | | Chapter), helped found the Family Service League, organized a | 22 | | volunteer nursing group through Edward Hospital Auxiliary, led |
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| 1 | | the referendum effort for Nichols Library, and served on the | 2 | | boards of DuPage Mental Health, Samaritan Interfaith, YMCA, and | 3 | | United Way; she was involved in many additional community | 4 | | causes; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Reschke was preceded in death by her loving | 6 | | husband of 65 years, Dr. Robert L. Reschke; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Reschke is survived by her children, Susan | 8 | | (William) Gorski, Wayne (Jill) Reschke, Dean (Lynell) Reschke, | 9 | | and Keith (Sally) Reschke; her grandchildren, Jennifer | 10 | | Strobel, Jeffery (Nishi) Gorski, Jason (Mindy) Gorski, Julie | 11 | | (Jonathan) Gates, Paul (Jenna) Reschke, Kevin (Jessica) | 12 | | Reschke, Melanie Reschke, Danielle Reschke, Gretchen (Zachary) | 13 | | Lamb, Kyle (Joy) Reschke, Kent Reschke, and Kristen (Spencer) | 14 | | Brown; her great-grandchildren, Noah, Sophia, Aivry, Quentin, | 15 | | Logan, Harrison, Amy, Aneri, Jemma, and Trevor; and her sister, | 16 | | Katherine Gajownik; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Wilma S. Reschke, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Wilma Reschke as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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