Bill Text: IL SR0600 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Reverend Dennis Bushkofsky of Oak Park.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0600 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0600-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Reverend Dennis Bushkofsky of Oak | ||||||
| 4 | Park, who passed away February 2, 2023 at the age of 64; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky was born to Ronald and Marie | ||||||
| 6 | (Kuper) Bushkofsky in Oelwein, Iowa on July 15, 1958; he | ||||||
| 7 | married Linda Post, and they had two children, Judy and Jayden | ||||||
| 8 | Jackson; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky received a Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
| 10 | Music from Luther College in 1980; he earned a Master of | ||||||
| 11 | Divinity from Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in | ||||||
| 12 | 1986, and he later earned a Master of Arts in Liturgical | ||||||
| 13 | Studies from St. John University in 1999; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky served congregations of the | ||||||
| 15 | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Pennsylvania, | ||||||
| 16 | Minnesota, and Illinois; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky devoted a portion of his ministry | ||||||
| 18 | to intentional interim assignments, guiding congregations | ||||||
| 19 | through pastoral transitions; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky was an editor and writer of | ||||||
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| 1 | liturgical materials and an educator in the adult | ||||||
| 2 | catechumenate movement; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky was an active figure in the | ||||||
| 4 | Community of Congregations, an interfaith organization serving | ||||||
| 5 | Oak Park, River Forest, and surrounding communities; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Rev. Bushkofsky was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 7 | father; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Rev. Bushkofsky was | ||||||
| 9 | survived by his wife of 33 years, Linda Post Bushkofsky; his | ||||||
| 10 | children, Judy and Jayden Jackson; his granddaughters, Jordyn | ||||||
| 11 | Jackson and Alexandria Mauricio; his mother; his brother, | ||||||
| 12 | Duane; and a host of family, friends, colleagues, and Oak Park | ||||||
| 13 | residents; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 16 | Reverend Dennis Bushkofsky and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
| 17 | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | ||||||
| 18 | it further
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