Bill Text: IL SR0447 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Susan Marilyn (Strom) Mogerman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0447 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR0447-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Susan Marilyn (Strom) Mogerman of | ||||||
4 | Springfield, who passed away on July 14, 2021; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Susan Mogerman was born in Chicago to David H. | ||||||
6 | Strom and Sylvia Abelson Strom on June 11, 1945; she attended | ||||||
7 | South Shore High School in Chicago, where she was active in the | ||||||
8 | arts and dramatics; her artistic talents were recognized with | ||||||
9 | a scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago; she attended | ||||||
10 | the University of Illinois and the University of Missouri's | ||||||
11 | School of Journalism; she married Jay Mogerman in Chicago on | ||||||
12 | July 6, 1967; they moved to Springfield in 1970; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Susan Mogerman was among the young journalists | ||||||
14 | who started The Illinois Times weekly newspaper; shortly | ||||||
15 | thereafter, she was appointed to Governor Jim Thompson's Press | ||||||
16 | Office, which began a long career of public service with the | ||||||
17 | State of Illinois; she served as the director of the Illinois | ||||||
18 | Historic Preservation Agency for more than a decade, where she | ||||||
19 | was long involved in planning and developing the Abraham | ||||||
20 | Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; she directed Downtown | ||||||
21 | Springfield, Inc. before becoming the chief operating officer | ||||||
22 | of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, | ||||||
23 | helping to build and open the facility; she also helped |
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1 | establish the foundation's Lincoln Leadership Prize, which has | ||||||
2 | been presented to such luminaries as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, | ||||||
3 | Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, and astronaut Jim | ||||||
4 | Lovell; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Susan Mogerman was a member of Congregation | ||||||
6 | Temple Israel in Springfield, the synagogue's Sisterhood, and | ||||||
7 | Hadassah; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Susan Mogerman was preceded in death by her | ||||||
9 | parents and her brother, Dr. Terry Strom; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Susan Mogerman is survived by her husband, Jay; | ||||||
11 | her sons, Josh Mogerman (Jo-Elle) and Rob Mogerman; her | ||||||
12 | grandson, Isaiah; her brother, Michael; and a bevy of cousins, | ||||||
13 | nieces, and nephews; therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
16 | Susan Marilyn (Strom) Mogerman and extend our sincere | ||||||
17 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
18 | her; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the family of Susan Mogerman as an expression of | ||||||
21 | our deepest sympathy.
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