Full Text of HR1225 095th General Assembly
HR1225 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Dierzen of Woodstock, who passed away on April 5, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen was born on February 21, 1917 in | 6 |
| Woodstock; her parents were Oscar A. and Violet (Ainger) | 7 |
| Anderson; she married Lawrence Dierzen on June 6, 1941 in | 8 |
| Woodstock; he passed away on August 19, 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen began her formal schooling at | 10 |
| Charles School on Greenwood Road before graduating from | 11 |
| Woodstock High School in 1934; she then attended Northern | 12 |
| Illinois University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science | 13 |
| degree in education; she earned her master's degree at the | 14 |
| University of Chicago in education administration in 1951; and
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| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen had a long and distinguished | 16 |
| career in education; she began her career in 1936 at Greenwood | 17 |
| School, where she served as a teacher, principal, and | 18 |
| curriculum coordinator; after earning her teaching degree in | 19 |
| 1945, she was asked to serve as Assistant County | 20 |
| Superintendent; in 1950, she went back to the classroom, | 21 |
| initiating kindergarten programs at both Greenwood and | 22 |
| Westwood Schools; and |
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| WHEREAS, Following the birth of her son James, Verda L. | 2 |
| Dierzen returned to work in 1951 as a mathematics and home arts | 3 |
| teacher at Westwood Junior High; she then served as the | 4 |
| school's principal from 1952 until 1958; in 1958, following her | 5 |
| tenure at Westwood Junior High, she went on to become the | 6 |
| curriculum coordinator and then assistant superintendent of | 7 |
| instruction and transportation for Woodstock Rural District | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, In 1967, Verda L. Dierzen became the | 10 |
| superintendent of District 10, where she worked for the | 11 |
| successful consolidation of Elementary School Districts 10 and | 12 |
| 72 and High School District 152; upon the completion of the | 13 |
| merger in 1969, she became the assistant superintendent of the | 14 |
| new Woodstock Community Unit School District 200; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen retired from School District 200 | 16 |
| in 1972, marking the end of an illustrious 45 year career; | 17 |
| after her retirement, she served as an educational consultant | 18 |
| for SEDOM for nine years, as public relations director for the | 19 |
| McHenry County Retired Teachers Association, and as memorial | 20 |
| chairman for the McHenry County American Heart Association; and
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| WHEREAS, In recognition of Verda L. Dierzen's | 22 |
| contributions to the district, the Early Learning Center in |
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| District 200 in Woodstock was named after her; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen was a life member of the Illinois | 3 |
| Education Association and the National Education Association; | 4 |
| she was a charter member of the Woodstock chapter of Delta | 5 |
| Kappa Gamma Teachers Society and continued as an active member | 6 |
| of the group for over fifty years; she was also involved with | 7 |
| both the Illinois and McHenry Country Retired Teachers | 8 |
| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen enjoyed reading, sewing, and | 10 |
| crafts; she also enjoyed spending time with her faithful | 11 |
| companion, Dusty; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen was preceded in death by her | 13 |
| husband and her parents; and
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| WHEREAS, Verda L. Dierzen is survived by her son, James | 15 |
| (Stefany) Dierzen; her brother, Clayton (Doris) Anderson; her | 16 |
| grandchildren, Jennifer (John) Midgette, Robert L. Dierzen, | 17 |
| Bhianca Herrera, and Dieby Herrera; her nieces, Suanne (Dale) | 18 |
| Habbley and Susan Anderson; her great-nieces and | 19 |
| great-nephews, Michael (Jeannine) Anderson, Elizabeth (Scott) | 20 |
| Voigt, Amy (Michael) Kueht, and Andrew Habbley; and her | 21 |
| great-grandchildren, Jonathan, Savannah, and Samuel Midgette; | 22 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Verda | 4 |
| L. Dierzen; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Verda L. Dierzen as an expression of | 7 |
| our sympathy.
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