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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Nancy
4Marie Blechle of Carbondale, who passed away on February 18,
52014; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Nancy Blechle was born in Perryville, Missouri on
7March 25, 1970 to Robert J. and Georgia Fay (nee Henderson)
8Blechle; she graduated from St. Vincent de Paul High School in
9Perryville, Missouri in 1988; she earned her Bachelor of
10Science in Education from Southeast Missouri State University
11in 1993 and her Masters of Natural Science in 2000; she
12received her Ph.D. in 2007 from Southern Illinois University at
13Carbondale (SIUC); and
 
14    WHEREAS, Nancy Blechle worked as an educator at
15Pinckneyville Community High School; in 2003, she received the
16Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award for the College
17of Education and Human Services at SIUC; in 2008, she was a
18Coca-Cola Scholar Educator of Distinction, and in 2012, she
19received KFVS Heartland's Best Teacher Award; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Nancy Blechle enjoyed scuba diving, motorcycle
21riding, camping, traveling, glass bead making, reading, and
22laughing; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Nancy Blechle was preceded in death by her father;
2and
 
3    WHEREAS, Nancy Blechle is survived by her mother; her
4partner, Ellen Suzanne Smothers; her sisters, Debra Kay (Allan)
5Quamen and Connie Ann (Norman) Lambert; and several nieces and
6nephews; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we mourn the passing of Nancy Marie Blechle, and extend our
10sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew
11and loved her; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to the family of Nancy Blechle as an expression of
14our deepest sympathy.