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92_HR0229
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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to express their sincere condolences to
4 the family and friends of Mildred Reinke Dordal, who passed
5 away on April 7, 2001; and
6 WHEREAS, Mildred Reinke Dordal was born in 1928 in Oak
7 Park, Illinois; she graduated from Austin High School in 1946
8 and attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, from 1946 to
9 1948, and the University of Colorado from 1948 to 1949; she
10 graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in social
11 work from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and earned a
12 master's degree in social work from the University of Chicago
13 in 1953; and
14 WHEREAS, In 1949, Mrs. Dordal participated with
15 twenty-two other students from fourteen different countries
16 in a work camp at the Lutheran World Federation in Bavaria,
17 Germany; she utilized her social service skills by helping
18 people with disabilities and assisted in the construction of
19 a Lutheran church; Mrs. Dordal returned to Bavaria in 1999 to
20 join fifteen members of the same camp for the 50th
21 anniversary of the church's construction; and
22 WHEREAS, For more than thirty years, Mrs. Dordal worked
23 as a clinical social worker for Lutheran Social Services of
24 Illinois; after her retirement in 1994, she continued her
25 services as a counselor; she was also a former president and
26 board member of the Lutheran Campus Ministry of Metropolitan
27 Chicago; and
28 WHEREAS, Mrs. Dordal was an active member of Augustana
29 Lutheran Church since 1959, where she served on the church's
30 council; she also enjoyed the book club for women at the
31 Lutheran School of Theology; and
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1 WHEREAS, The passing of Mildred Reinke Dordal will be
2 deeply felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her
3 husband, Erl Dordal; her sons, Peter Dordal and Andrew
4 Dordal; her daughters, Lisa Dordal and Kristin Poerschke; her
5 brother, George Reinke; and her seven grandchildren;
6 therefore, be it
7 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9 we mourn, along with all who knew her, the death of Mildred
10 Reinke Dordal; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Mildred Reinke Dordal with our
13 sincere condolences.