Bill Text: IL SR0416 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Martha M. Berg of North Aurora.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0416 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0416-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Martha M. Berg of North Aurora, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on June 27, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Martha Berg was born on April 8, 1947, in | ||||||
| 6 | Frankfort, Kentucky; her parents were James H. and Martha | ||||||
| 7 | Maddox; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Martha Berg graduated from Sullivan Indiana High | ||||||
| 9 | School in 1965; she subsequently attended Indiana State | ||||||
| 10 | University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 11 | elementary education in 1968 and completed her master's degree | ||||||
| 12 | in elementary education in 1971; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Martha Berg served as an educator for 35 years; | ||||||
| 14 | she spent her first 26 years at Sherrard Elementary in Sherrard | ||||||
| 15 | and her last 9 years in education were spent at East Aurora | ||||||
| 16 | Illinois School District 131; after retiring in 2005, she | ||||||
| 17 | carried her love of teaching into assisting future teachers at | ||||||
| 18 | Olivet Nazarene University, Aurora University, and the | ||||||
| 19 | National Head Start Family Literacy Center; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Martha Berg was an active member of her community; | ||||||
| 21 | she served in numerous organizations, including the Child | ||||||
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| 1 | Welfare Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, and P.E.O.; she was a | ||||||
| 2 | member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she was | ||||||
| 3 | involved in the Chancel Choir and 10-Fold Contemporary | ||||||
| 4 | Christian Group and served as a deacon and member of various | ||||||
| 5 | committees; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Martha Berg is survived by her loving husband of | ||||||
| 7 | 17 years, Richard K. "Dick" Berg Jr.; her children, Laura | ||||||
| 8 | (Eric) Kies, Tyler (Brooke) Knowles, Rick (Audra) Berg, and | ||||||
| 9 | Diane (Brian) Gillaspie; her grandchildren, Maddox and Kennon | ||||||
| 10 | Kies, Carter and Reid Knowles, Jackson and Jillian Berg, and | ||||||
| 11 | Hannah Gillaspie; and her special brothers, Jay (Carolyn) | ||||||
| 12 | Maddox and Bill Maddox; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | her family and friends, the passing of Martha M. Berg; and be | ||||||
| 16 | it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Martha Berg as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | sympathy.
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