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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
| 3 | | to learn of the death of Helen Jean Kaiser of Morton, who |
| 4 | | passed away on December 8, 2023; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Helen Kaiser was born in Waukegan to Everett and |
| 6 | | Flora (Zenor) Smith on February 28, 1928; she graduated from |
| 7 | | Morton High School; she married Joe Merchenthaler in 1949 and |
| 8 | | Harold "Lem" Kaiser in 1976; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Helen Kaiser worked in the medical office of Dr. |
| 10 | | Monroe for many years and then later at the First National Bank |
| 11 | | of Morton; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Helen Kaiser and her first husband, Joe, loved to |
| 13 | | go antiquing and collected vintage glassware and dishes; they |
| 14 | | vacationed often in Hot Springs, Arkansas; after his passing, |
| 15 | | she married Lem and embraced the role of mother and |
| 16 | | grandmother in the Kaiser family; she doted on the many |
| 17 | | grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they provided much |
| 18 | | joy to her and Lem; she loved family get-togethers with |
| 19 | | extended family and could always be counted on to pack a |
| 20 | | delicious picnic lunch for outings to the park and holiday |
| 21 | | meals with all the trimmings; she and Lem enjoyed taking bus |
| 22 | | trips with their friends and traveling to Florida, Hawaii, and |
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| 1 | | Cancun, Mexico; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Helen Kaiser was interested in history and |
| 3 | | genealogy and donated many items from the Zenor family farm to |
| 4 | | the Putnam County Historical Society; she also had a gift for |
| 5 | | painting still life pictures; she was a member of the |
| 6 | | Apostolic Christian Church and was deeply committed to her |
| 7 | | faith; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Helen Kaiser was preceded in death by her first |
| 9 | | husband, Joe Merchenthaler; her second husband, Harold; and |
| 10 | | her brother, Robert (Jane) Smith; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Helen Kaiser is survived by her stepchildren, |
| 12 | | Loren "Lon" (Cindy) Kaiser, Thomas (Lisa) Kaiser, Jean (Don) |
| 13 | | Lashbrook, and Scott (Julie) Kaiser; her nieces and nephews, |
| 14 | | including Barbara Laugel; her sisters-in-law, Katherine Kaiser |
| 15 | | and Wilma Stieglitz; her grandchildren, Jeff (Mary) Kaiser, |
| 16 | | Kim Emery, Heather (Ryan) Gray, Joe Williamson, Dawn (Brian) |
| 17 | | Sharpe, Terah (Jason) Allen, Angie (Andy) Ogburn, Weston |
| 18 | | Taylor, Jesse (Emily) Lashbrook, and Jake and Laura Kaiser; |
| 19 | | and 21 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 22 | | Helen Jean Kaiser and extend our sincere condolences to her |