HR1338 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the State of Illinois are pleased to recognize Sandie Oswald on the occasion of her retirement; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Oswald was born on January 29, 1940, in Louisville, Illinois, to Steve and Maggie (Shelton) Jennings; she graduated from Clay City Grade School in 1984 and Salem High School in 1958; and

WHEREAS, She moved to northern Indiana and eventually to Cook County, Illinois; she worked for Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Harvey; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Oswald married Verlyn "Ozzie" Oswald in Blue Island on January 28, 1961; she went on to attend and graduate from Blue Island College of Cosmetology, where she taught for five years; and

WHEREAS, The Oswalds lived in Blue Island until moving to Iuka in 1972; she first worked at the Marion County Jail as a secretary and female correctional officer; she started in the Marion County Clerk's Office in 1992, where she worked part-time and went to full-time in January of 1993, working on vital records and elections; and

WHEREAS, Mrs. Oswald served 16 years on the Executive Committee of the Marion County Democratic Central Committee, 14 years as chairwoman/vice chairman and two years secretary; she is a past president and secretary of the Salem Democrat Club and a past president of the Iuka Community Development Corp.; she served as coordinator of the Iuka Homecoming Parade, is a past president of the Iuka Grade School PTO, and was a Beta Club sponsor; and

WHEREAS, She joins her husband, who retired from the Marion County Sheriff's Dept. three years ago; she is the proud mother of Chuck (wife, Maria), Steve (wife, Connie), and Amy Jo (husband, Scott Pahlmann) and the proud grandmother of Corrine, Cassandra, Thomas, Lucas, Amber (husband, Matt Winkler), Stephen, Kyra, Kalan, Eli, and Cooper; she is the great-grandmother of Matthew; and

WHEREAS, In retirement, she and her husband plan to spoil their grandchildren, spend time with family and friends, and travel; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Sandie Oswald on the occasion of her retirement, and we thank her for the many years she has dedicated to public service; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to her as an expression of our esteem.