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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Marvine Joyce Klopmeier of Bethalto, who 
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passed away on January 21, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on March 10, 1935, in Bunker Hill to 
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Nelson and Lydia (Enke) Weidner; on July 28, 1956, at the Zion 
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Lutheran Church in Bunker Hill, she married Leland Klopmeier; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She graduated from Passavant Memorial Area 
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Hospital School of Nursing in Jacksonville in 1956; she 
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completed her bachelor of arts in health education from Eastern 
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Illinois University in 1976; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Her career in nursing spanned 30 years, working in 
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several hospitals; she also worked in several school districts 
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as a professional school nurse, including Bunker Hill, 
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Carlinville, and Homewood Flossmoor School District; since she 
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retirement, she enjoyed traveling, golfing, quilting, and 
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spending time with family and friends; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents and her 
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father-in-law and mother-in-law, Arthur and Alma Klopmeier; 
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    WHEREAS, Marvine Klopmeier is survived by her husband, 
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Leland; her three daughters, Dawn Klopmeier (Charles 
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Earnshaw), Laurel (Steve) West, and Gayla (Steve) Walters; her 
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eight grandchildren, Suzy (Paul) Bugenhagen, Scott (Tyler) 
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Wheeler, Kelly (Brett) Sollberger, Kyle West (Ericka Wise), Amy 
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West, Lori (Tim) Lambeth, Molly Walters, and Megan Walters; her 
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two brothers, Gerald (Louise) Weidner and Eugene (Joyce) 
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Weidner; her brother-in-law, William (Verlene) Klopmeier; and 
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her many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Marvine Klopmeier; and 
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be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Marvine Klopmeier as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.