Bill Text: IL SR1015 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gail Lofgren of Berwyn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR1015 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1015-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 Gail Lofgren of Berwyn; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Gail Lofgren attended LaVergne and Morton East | ||||||
5 | High School, Morton College, and Rosary College; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Gail Lofgren's first library position was at age | ||||||
7 | 16 as a page at the old 34th Street branch of the Berwyn Public | ||||||
8 | Library; she worked in the Learning Resources Center at Morton | ||||||
9 | College for approximately 9 years and then returned to the | ||||||
10 | Berwyn Public Library as their reference librarian; in 1993, | ||||||
11 | she was promoted to the Berwyn's Library's 6th Director, | ||||||
12 | retiring in 2001; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Gail Lofgren was always someone who was interested | ||||||
14 | in preserving the history of Berwyn, and in October of 1997, | ||||||
15 | she joined the Berwyn Historical Society as a new board member; | ||||||
16 | a year later she became the Society's secretary and then, a | ||||||
17 | year after that, the treasurer; she remained on the board until | ||||||
18 | approximately 2011; and
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19 | WHEREAS, In addition to volunteering with the Berwyn | ||||||
20 | Historical Society, Gail Lofgren also gave her time to Meals on | ||||||
21 | Wheels, Outreach at Pavilion and Altenheim Nursing Homes, the |
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1 | Berwyn Lions Club, the Berwyn Women's Club, the All Berwyn | ||||||
2 | Committee, the Pershing Parent Teachers Association, and | ||||||
3 | served as a council member at Concordia Lutheran Church; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Gail Lofgren was an avid reader, particularly | ||||||
5 | enjoying mysteries, biographies, and historical fiction; she | ||||||
6 | also enjoyed fishing, antiquing, and traveling to Nauvoo; | ||||||
7 | Hannibal, Missouri; and with her family to their summer cottage | ||||||
8 | in Minocqua, Wisconsin; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Gail Lofgren, and her husband of over 40 years, | ||||||
10 | Tom, had one daughter, Sarah; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
13 | Gail Lofgren, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | ||||||
14 | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Gail Lofgren as an expression of our | ||||||
17 | deepest sympathy.
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