Bill Text: IL SR2000 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Norma Jean Oberholtzer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [SR2000 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2000-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 Norma Jean Oberholtzer, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on August 4, 2018; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Norma Oberholtzer was born in Chicago to Carl and | ||||||
6 | Elizabeth (Mungo) Franzo on March 15, 1939; she was educated in | ||||||
7 | Pontiac schools and received her bachelor's and master's | ||||||
8 | degrees from Illinois State University; she married Paul | ||||||
9 | Gschwendtner in 1958 and Jack Oberholtzer in 1984; and
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10 | WHEREAS, From 1980 to 2000, Norma Oberholtzer taught | ||||||
11 | kindergarten, third, and fourth grades for the Pontiac Grade | ||||||
12 | School district, where many students claimed her as their | ||||||
13 | favorite teacher; from 2000 to 2009, she was an assistant | ||||||
14 | instructional professor at Illinois State University; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Norma Oberholtzer was deeply committed to the | ||||||
16 | cultural, social, and economic growth of the communities where | ||||||
17 | she lived; she served as a councilwoman for the city of | ||||||
18 | Pontiac; she was a member of Rotary Club International, Young | ||||||
19 | at Heartland, and the Girls Night Out Club; she supported the | ||||||
20 | Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and was a member of the Eastview | ||||||
21 | Christian Church in Bloomington; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Norma Oberholtzer played the piano, wrote plays, | ||||||
2 | hosted a radio program, and was an avid tennis player; she also | ||||||
3 | played bridge and Mahjong with friends and enjoyed spending | ||||||
4 | time with her family; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Norma Oberholtzer was preceded in death by her | ||||||
6 | first husband, Paul; her second husband, Jack; her son, Michael | ||||||
7 | Gschwendtner; an infant son, Daniel; her parents; and her | ||||||
8 | brother, Carl Franzo Jr.; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Norma Oberholtzer is survived by her daughters, | ||||||
10 | Laura (Dan Ibrahim) Kelly and Mari Lynn (Rod) Hoselton; her | ||||||
11 | daughter-in-law, Anita Gschwendtner; her sister, Arlene Moyer; | ||||||
12 | her brothers, Gregory Franzo and Robert Franzo; her | ||||||
13 | sister-in-law, Nanci Franzo; her grandchildren, Corey (Kara) | ||||||
14 | Jones, Lindsay (Jeremy) Thompson, Andrew Hoselton, Bradley | ||||||
15 | Hoselton, Ellie Gschwendtner, Kerry Gschwendtner, and Tracey | ||||||
16 | Gschwendtner; her great-grandchildren, Ricky Bradley, Reggie | ||||||
17 | Bradley, Brianna Bradley, Zoe Jones, and Lillie and Jase | ||||||
18 | Thompson; and her great-nephew, Adam Lopez; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
21 | Norma Jean Oberholtzer, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
22 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
23 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Norma Oberholtzer as an expression | ||||||
3 | of our deepest sympathy.
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