Bill Text: IL SR0856 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Alice Iona (Conkey) Reiser.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-03-22 - Resolution Adopted [SR0856 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0856-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 Alice Iona (Conkey) Reiser, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on February 28, 2024; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Alice Reiser was born to Roy and Nellie | ||||||
6 | (Marcussen) Conkey in Petersburg on November 15, 1927; she | ||||||
7 | attended Coddington Grade School, Circleville Country Grade | ||||||
8 | School, and Tallula High School, where she won awards in home | ||||||
9 | economics and dramatic speaking; she graduated from Ashland | ||||||
10 | High School in 1945; she received the Daughters of the | ||||||
11 | American Revolution (DAR) Citizenship Medal; she married John | ||||||
12 | Reiser Jr. at the St. Augustine Catholic Church in Ashland on | ||||||
13 | December 29, 1945; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Along with her husband, Alice Reiser farmed corn | ||||||
15 | and soybeans and raised cattle and hogs; she worked at the | ||||||
16 | veterinary clinic in Ashland for 12 years and at the Ashland | ||||||
17 | Sentinel; she was appointed as village clerk of Ashland; she | ||||||
18 | became the first woman to be elected to the Ashland Village | ||||||
19 | Board, serving one term before being hired as village clerk | ||||||
20 | full-time; she retired in 1993; in retirement, she wrote a | ||||||
21 | children's book, poetry, and fiction; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Alice Reiser was a member of St. Augustine |
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1 | Church, the Altar Society, the Ashland Junior Women's Club, | ||||||
2 | and the Lady Land Owners; she served on the John Cheetham | ||||||
3 | Library Board for 12 years, as secretary of the ACHS Alumni | ||||||
4 | Board, and as a correspondent for the Ashland's Bicentennial | ||||||
5 | Committee from 1975 to 1976; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Alice Reiser was an accomplished seamstress; she | ||||||
7 | loved butterflies and enjoyed collecting shoes, hats, and | ||||||
8 | books, listening to Country Western Music, especially Tom T. | ||||||
9 | Hall, attending ladies roundtables at the Inns of Hollybrook, | ||||||
10 | and watching old Western movies, Jeopardy, and the St. Louis | ||||||
11 | Cardinals; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Alice Reiser will be remembered for her | ||||||
13 | generosity, friendliness, and laughter; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Alice Reiser was preceded in death by her | ||||||
15 | husband; her parents; her sisters, Ruth (Harold) Clasing, | ||||||
16 | Marjorie (Bob Thompson and Bud) Dannenberger, Mary (Joy) | ||||||
17 | Adams, and Patricia (Frank) Cline; her brothers, Ray (Norma | ||||||
18 | Jean) Conkey, John (Marilyn) Conkey, and Bob (Diane) Conkey; | ||||||
19 | her son, John "Jack" (LouAnn) Reiser; her grandson, Mark | ||||||
20 | (Natalie) Reiser; her great-granddaughter, Meritt McDaniel; | ||||||
21 | and several nieces and nephews; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Alice Reiser is survived by her children, Jill |
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1 | (Jim) Coy, Judith Reiser, and James Reiser; her grandchildren, | ||||||
2 | Sarah Coy, Michelle (Bruce) Motto, Marsha (Philip) McNulty, | ||||||
3 | Cheryl (Brad) Hermes, Clayton (Dani) Reiser, and Ainsley (Kip) | ||||||
4 | McDaniel; her step-granddaughter, Amber Large; 14 | ||||||
5 | great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren; | ||||||
6 | therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
9 | Alice Iona (Conkey) Reiser and extend our sincere condolences | ||||||
10 | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | ||||||
11 | it further
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