SR0766 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Doris Judith Steffen, who passed away on June 2, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Doris Judith Steffen was the third daughter of Kenneth P. Johnston, M.D. and Doris Tyler Johnston, R.N.; she married Fred Steffen on June 25, 1960 and had three children, Julie Steffen (Detlev Pansch), F. John (Kerin Kelly), and Robert (Ketki Shroff); and

WHEREAS, Doris Judith Steffen earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in English Literature at Northern Illinois University and attended post-graduate summer classes at Oxford and in Cambridge, England; and

WHEREAS, Doris Judith Steffen was employed as an English teacher at Elgin and Streamwood High Schools for 19 years; she also worked as a hostess and co-manager of the restaurant Cafe Magdalena for six years; and

WHEREAS, Doris Judith Steffen was a member of the First Congregational Church of Elgin and was active in its "Mother's Morning Out" and "Little English School" programs; she was an active member of the Elgin Junior Service Board, the Northern Kane County Cancer Society, and Women's Fitness Camp (Wisconsin); she was on the founding board of the Elgin Parent Co-Op Preschool and was a member of the Elgin Image Commission and the Elgin Symphony League; and

WHEREAS, Doris Judith Steffen enjoyed attending monthly book club meetings with her fellow teachers, reading The New York Times, the Daily Herald, and the Daily Courier, and solving crossword and acrostics puzzles; she was an accomplished water color painter and a member of the Fox Valley Art League; she and her husband especially enjoyed traveling and went with the Elgin Choral Union on tours to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and England; they also traveled to Australia, China, Korea, Japan, and Bolivia; her most loved hobby, however, was caring for and riding Jazz, her 22-year-old thoroughbred mare; and

WHEREAS, Doris Judith Steffen is survived by her children; her grandchildren, Joan, Chloe, Lili, Nicole, Abigail, Alyssa, Liam, and Tristan; and her sisters, Charlotte Wurth and Nancy Johnston Boland (Richard); therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Doris Judith Steffen; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Doris Judith Steffen as an expression of our sympathy.