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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Clara Kathryn Otto of Danvers, who passed
4away on July 29, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Clara Otto was born on August 6, 1924 in rural
6Danvers; her parents were Robert Quillian "Quilly" and Mamie
7Coiner Altare Bostic; she married Loren Otto on October 12,
81944 at the Carlock Mennonite Church parsonage; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Clara Otto was a 1942 graduate of Danvers High
10School; she began working at State Farm in the life department
11on December 7, 1942; she was later employed as a defense worker
12at Eureka Williams; after marrying, she joined her husband in
13Alexandria, Louisiana, where she passed the federal civil
14service exam and became a switchboard operator on the military
15base where he was a staff sergeant in the Army Air Corps and
16taught engineering and gunnery; after the war, she farmed with
17her husband in Lexington and then in Danvers, where they lived
18on a centennial farm; in 1962, she began working at Country
19Companies Insurance, where she retired after over 17 years of
20service in May of 1980; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Clara Otto was very active in the Danvers-Carlock
22community; she was a long-time member of the Carlock Mennonite

 

 

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1Church, the Dry Grove Home Extension, the Danvers PTA, and the
2Danvers Alumni Association; she and her husband were active in
3the Bloomington Elks Lodge for many years; an accomplished
4bowler, she enjoyed being in various local leagues and was a
5member of the Country Companies' team that won a national
6bowling championship in the 1969 National Industrial
7Recreation Association tournament at Crawfordsville, Indiana;
8she was also passionate about the game of golf and was a former
9member of the El Paso Golf Club at Kappa; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Following her retirement, Clara Otto and several
11of her friends formed a group known as The Bag Ladies who
12played weekly at Hazy Hills Golf Course and other area golfing
13venues; her enthusiasm for sports included any athletic
14activity in which her grandchildren were involved as well as
15being an avid fan of both NASCAR and the New York Yankees; she
16believed there was nothing more important than spending time
17with her family and friends; she also enjoyed traveling and
18spending time in her tree and flower-filled yard; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Clara Otto was preceded in death by her husband,
20Loren; her parents; her sister, Gladys Troxel; and her brother,
21Jim Bostic; and
 
22    WHEREAS, Clara Otto is survived by her sons, Gregory Loren
23(Karen) Otto and Stanley Alan Otto; 2 grandchildren, Ryan Loren

 

 

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1(Laura) Otto and Blake (Danielle) Otto; her
2great-grandchildren, Nathanael, Natalie, Ava, Luke, Emmerson,
3and Ethan Otto; her sister, Opal Stahly; and her many nieces
4and nephews; therefore, be it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
7family and friends, mourn the passing of Clara Kathryn Otto;
8and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the family of Clara Otto as an expression of our
11sympathy.