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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Marcia Milne Johnston Jurgens, of Green 
4Valley, Arizona, formerly of Chicago and Arthur, who passed 
5away on March 4, 2018; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Marcia Jurgens was born in Chicago to George and 
7Betty Marsch Johnston on March 31, 1943; she was a child actor 
8and appeared in commercials, plays, and television shows; she 
9attended Immaculata High School in Chicago and Illinois 
10Wesleyan University in Bloomington; she later attended the 
11University of Chicago and the University of Illinois, where she 
12earned two graduate degrees, one in social work and one in 
13special education administration; she married Doug in Chicago 
14on January 4, 1964; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Marcia Jurgens worked in child welfare and then at 
16the Coles County Mental Health Center, where she served as the 
17Clinical Services Director and then as Acting Director; she 
18completed 20 years as a school social worker in Mattoon and 
19then continued to teach graduate students at the University of 
20Illinois; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Marcia Jurgens served on the Library Board in 
22Arthur and volunteered for the Friends of the Library in Green 
 
 
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1Valley; she was a member of the United Methodist Church of 
2Green Valley, the Green Valley Hiking Club, and Newcomers of 
3Green Valley; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Marcia Jurgens enjoyed creating and publishing 
5crossword puzzles, dealing in antiques, and designing gardens, 
6which were often featured on garden tours; she enjoyed 
7traveling, especially to Santa Fe, New Mexico; throughout her 
8life, she and her family took many backpacking trips out West; 
9she hiked the Grand Canyon five times; she was a voracious 
10reader and belonged to many book clubs; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Marcia Jurgens was preceded in death by her 
12father, and her brother, Georgie; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Marcia Jurgens is survived by her mother; her 
14husband, Doug; her children, Christie (Bob Poznanovich) Logan, 
15Kimberly (Ed) Miles, and Elizabeth (Seth) Padovan; her 
16grandchildren, Sam and Jack Logan, Nan and Henry Miles, and 
17Quinn Padovan; her sister, Jennie (Paul) Kula; and her three 
18nieces and two nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
21Marcia Milne Johnston Jurgens and extend our sincere 
22condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
 
 
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1her; and be it further
  
 
2    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
3presented to the family of Marcia Jurgens as an expression of 
4our deepest sympathy.