Full Text of SR0078 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Mary Ellen Harkrader of Peoria, who | 4 | | passed away on January 30, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader graduated from Pontiac High School | 6 | | and the St. Francis School of Nursing; she married Alan D. | 7 | | Harkrader Jr.; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader worked as a registered nurse in | 9 | | pediatrics at the St. Francis School of Nursing before raising | 10 | | her family in Peoria; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader became a passionate public | 12 | | servant, serving on the Tri-County Regional Planning | 13 | | Commission and the Peoria County Board; she served as the | 14 | | Peoria County Clerk for three terms and as an officer of the | 15 | | National Association of County Officials; she ran the Peoria | 16 | | office of the U.S. Census Bureau for the census count in 1980; | 17 | | she was a member of the League of Women Voters and a delegate | 18 | | to the Democratic National Convention in 1984; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader was an environmental advocate; she | 20 | | was a member of the Heart of Illinois Sierra Club and | 21 | | co-founder of Coenact, a recycling organization in the 1960s; |
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| 1 | | she was a reading volunteer at Thomas Jefferson Elementary | 2 | | School and a member of St. Philomena's Catholic Church; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader loved people and cultures, and she | 4 | | was interested in scientific research; alongside her husband, | 5 | | she traveled the world after their retirement, and they lived | 6 | | happily at the Christian Buehler Home in Peoria; she enjoyed | 7 | | telling stories about her travels and experiences in the world | 8 | | of politics; she will be remembered for her devotion to her | 9 | | family; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents, Lawrence and Marcella Wheeler, and her siblings, | 12 | | Margaret and Larry; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mary Harkrader is survived by her husband of 66 | 14 | | years, Alan D. Harkrader Jr.; her children, Alan Harkrader | 15 | | (Kate Marsland), Mark Harkrader (Jodi Murphy), and Leslye | 16 | | Fredrich (Rosca Toulouse); her grandson, Matthew Harkrader; | 17 | | and her brother, Donald Wheeler (Theresa); therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Mary Ellen Harkrader and extend our sincere condolences to her | 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Mary Harkrader as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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