Bill Text: IL SR2202 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Martha E. "Mari" McGinnis of Peoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-11-28 - Resolution Adopted [SR2202 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR2202-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 Martha E. "Mari" McGinnis of Peoria, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on November 19, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Mari McGinnis was born in Washington to Benjamin | ||||||
| 6 | and Sanora (Schmidt) Pfeffinger on November 6, 1938; she earned | ||||||
| 7 | her bachelor's degree in education from Bradley University; she | ||||||
| 8 | married C. Dirk McGinnis at the First Federated Church in | ||||||
| 9 | Peoria on October 24, 1958; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Mari McGinnis worked for District 150; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Mari McGinnis was an avid member of the Pi Beta | ||||||
| 12 | Phi Sorority, the PEO, the Peoria Quilt Club, and the Ivy Club; | ||||||
| 13 | she was an amazing cook, an avid reader and seamstress; for | ||||||
| 14 | many years, she made costumes for the Corn Stock Theatre; she | ||||||
| 15 | loved the warm weather, especially in the British and United | ||||||
| 16 | States Virgin Islands; she enjoyed sailing, and she and her | ||||||
| 17 | family chartered sailboats all over the Caribbean for nearly 30 | ||||||
| 18 | years; during her retirement, she and her husband spent 31 days | ||||||
| 19 | sailing, beginning on the Illinois River and ending in Tarpon | ||||||
| 20 | Springs, Florida, and lived on a sailboat for nine years; she | ||||||
| 21 | was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister who | ||||||
| 22 | dedicated her life to her children and grandchildren; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Mari McGinnis was preceded in death by her parents | ||||||
| 2 | and her brothers, Lyle and Donald Pfeffinger; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Mari McGinnis is survived by her husband, Dirk; | ||||||
| 4 | her children, Roz (Ron) Helms, Arran McGinnis, Polly (Mike) | ||||||
| 5 | McNally, and Meghan (Arnel) Tejero; her grandchildren, | ||||||
| 6 | quintuplets, Shannon, Bevin, Samantha, and Benjamin Helms, | ||||||
| 7 | Meredith (Justin) Rager, Keegan and Colleen McNally, and | ||||||
| 8 | Lilianna Tejero; her sister, Patricia Liston; and her | ||||||
| 9 | sister-in-law, Jackie Kinsinger; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Martha E. "Mari" McGinnis and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 13 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Mari McGinnis as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our deepest sympathy.
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