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1		SENATE RESOLUTION
2		WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3		learn of the death of Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser of McHenry,
4		who passed away on August 15, 2017; and
5		WHEREAS, Delores Corser was born in Waukegan to Leo W. and
6		Erna A. Corser (Zahn) on March 26, 1934; she was an
7		accomplished athlete in her youth, excelling at every sport in
8		which she participated; she graduated from Waukegan High School
9		in 1952 and was the pitcher on a number of fast-pitch softball
10		teams during her high school and post-high school years in the
11		1950s and 1960s; and
12		WHEREAS, Delores Corser took a position in the accounting
13		department at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago; she retired
14		in the late 1980s after working at Abbott for 35 years; and
15		WHEREAS, Delores Corser lived on the banks of the Fox River
16		in McHenry for almost 40 years; she purchased her first house
17		with her dear friend, Juanita "Wink" Nohava (Dill) in the
18		1970s; she moved to The Villas in 2009; and
19		WHEREAS, Delores Corser was a highly skilled bowler and a
20		key member of all the teams on which she bowled; her teams won
21		dozens of tournaments and trophies throughout the midwest in

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1		the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s; she also was an avid amateur
2		golfer all her life; she was proud of the 115-yard hole-in-one
3		she hit with her seven iron on May 31, 1999 at the Boone Creek
4		Golf Club; she was always ready to take her family, friends,
5		and other guests on a "cruise on the Fox" in the boat she kept
6		moored at the dock right out the back door of her house; and
7		WHEREAS, Delores Corser was preceded in death by her
8		parents and her older sister, Jacqueline Joanne Corser Barker;
9		and
10		WHEREAS, Delores Corser is survived by her niece, Joanne
11		Csukor; her nephews, John Barker and Jeff Barker; many
12		great-nephews and great-nieces in Illinois and Wisconsin; and
13		numerous friends throughout Lake County and the entire
14		Chicagoland area; therefore, be it
15		RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL
16		ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
17		Delores Jane "Dodie" Corser, and extend our sincere condolences
18		to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be
19		it further
20		RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21		presented to the family of Delores Corser as an expression of
22		our deepest sympathy.