Bill Text: IL SR1455 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bernice M. Bittner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1455 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1455-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 Bernice M. Bittner, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | July 14, 2014; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner was born on May 9, 1923; her | ||||||
| 6 | parents were Herman and Elizabeth (nee Finncutter) Kristan; she | ||||||
| 7 | married Clarence "Pat" Bittner on January 8, 1944; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner attended Holy Family Grade School | ||||||
| 9 | and Waukegan High School; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, In 1965, Bernice Bittner and her husband moved to | ||||||
| 11 | the north side of Waukegan; they enjoyed square dancing and | ||||||
| 12 | ballroom dancing at the Swedish Glee Club and would often | ||||||
| 13 | practice their dance moves in the basement of their home on | ||||||
| 14 | Walnut Street; they also liked traveling to visit their son Bob | ||||||
| 15 | and his family to whatever location the Air Force had stationed | ||||||
| 16 | him at the time; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner was a stay-at-home mom, but later | ||||||
| 18 | worked in the Waukegan High School cafeteria; after the death | ||||||
| 19 | of her husband in August of 1988, she became a volunteer at the | ||||||
| 20 | former Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner enjoyed sewing, crocheting, | ||||||
| 2 | playing pinochle with her friends, reading Danielle Steele | ||||||
| 3 | novels, and getting her hair done at the beauty shop; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner was a member of St. Anastasia and | ||||||
| 5 | St. Dismas Churches; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner was preceded in death by 3 | ||||||
| 7 | siblings, Joseph Kristan, Anges Mahler, and Rita Madruh; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Bernice Bittner is survived by 2 children, Robert | ||||||
| 9 | "Bob" (Christine) Bittner and Joan Steffens; 4 grandchildren, | ||||||
| 10 | Robert "Rob" Bittner, Jennifer (Roger) Ham, Timothy "Tim" | ||||||
| 11 | (Heidi) Steffens, and Andrew "Andy" Steffens; and 5 | ||||||
| 12 | great-grandchildren, Laney, Tallon, and Marley Ham and Kendall | ||||||
| 13 | and Chad Steffens; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 16 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bernice M. Bittner; | ||||||
| 17 | and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Bernice Bittner as an expression of | ||||||
| 20 | our sympathy.
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