Bill Text: IL SR0769 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Elsie P. Radtke.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-14 - Resolution Adopted [SR0769 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0769-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 Elsie P. Radtke, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | October 21, 2019; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke was born in Chicago to Richard and | ||||||
6 | Virginia
Prendergast on March 21, 1949; before college, she | ||||||
7 | started working and eventually managed
six locations of Mary | ||||||
8 | Del Corsetieres; she graduated from Saint Xavier University
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9 | with a Master of Arts in Education; she married John Mannix in | ||||||
10 | 1975; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke worked as an art, English, and
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12 | computer teacher before becoming the Associate Director of | ||||||
13 | Family Ministries
for the Archdiocese of Chicago, where she | ||||||
14 | guided families through good times
and bad; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke was always looking for ways to help | ||||||
16 | others and volunteered for many
organizations, including | ||||||
17 | PADS/Housing Forward; she was a skilled painter
and baker, and | ||||||
18 | her banana bread and chocolate chip cookies will be missed; she | ||||||
19 | was an active and dedicated member of the Mater
Christi Church, | ||||||
20 | where she served as a Lector and participated on the Wake | ||||||
21 | Committee
and in the Women's Guild; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke married John Radtke in 2000, and they | ||||||
2 | traveled the world and enjoyed spending time being Grandma and | ||||||
3 | Pa; for
Elsie, nothing was more important than spending time | ||||||
4 | with her grandchildren, and her love for her grandchildren was | ||||||
5 | matched only by their love for
her; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Elsie Radtke was the dearly beloved wife
of John | ||||||
7 | A. Radtke; the devoted mother of Kate (Jon) Hall, Thomas (Beth) | ||||||
8 | Mannix, and Elizabeth (Brian) Gajos; the dear stepmother of | ||||||
9 | Rebecca, Jeremy, Jessica,
and the late Jeffrey Radtke; the | ||||||
10 | adoring grandmother of Maya, Quinn, Lucas, J.J.,
and Jimmy; the | ||||||
11 | loving sister of Kathleen (Dennis Ginosi) Prendergast, Joan
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12 | (Michael) Restko, Joseph (Mitzi) Prendergast, Rev. Richard | ||||||
13 | Prendergast,
Thomas (Margaret) Prendergast, Anne (Roberto | ||||||
14 | Obregon) Prendergast, Edward
(Juliet) Prendergast, Melon | ||||||
15 | (Michael) Prischman, and James (Rachel)
Prendergast; and the | ||||||
16 | dear aunt and friend of many; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
19 | Elsie P. Radtke and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
20 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
21 | further
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22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
23 | presented to the family of Elsie Radtke as an expression of our |
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1 | deepest sympathy.
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