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90_SR0170
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Colleen Kasting of Mundelein,
4 Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Colleen Kasting was born in Chicago, Illinois on
6 March 17, 1935; Colleen Kasting served the Village of
7 Mundelein for twenty-one years as the Village Clerk; she was
8 a member and past president of the Municipal Clerks of Lake
9 County, a member of the Municipal Clerks of Illinois, and the
10 founder of the Distinguished Clerk Award in Lake County; and
11 WHEREAS, Colleen Kasting was a volunteer and room mother
12 at Santa Maria Del Popolo School; she was involved in the
13 religious education program and taught catechism at the high
14 school level; she also served the church as a eucharistic
15 minister; and
16 WHEREAS, She was involved in the Cub Scouts and Boy
17 Scouts and served as a Girl Scout Leader; she was a member of
18 the Mother's Club at Carmel High School; when the Mother's
19 and Father's Club merged, she became the president of the
20 Parent's Club; she was founder of the Tony Gaida Scholarship
21 at Carmel High School; she brought the concept of "Street
22 Scenes" to Carmel High School and was a regular participant
23 in the yearly event; and
24 WHEREAS, Colleen Kasting was the originator of the "Taste
25 of Mundelein", which was celebrated during the Fourth of
26 July; for eighteen years she designed the float for the
27 Village of Mundelein that was also a part of the Fourth of
28 July celebration; she aided in the formation of the
29 Beautification Committee in Mundelein and was involved with
30 Project C.A.P.E.; and
31 WHEREAS, Colleen Kasting is survived by her husband, John
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1 Kasting; her sons, Thomas and his wife, Barbara, Matthew,
2 Peter and his wife Marge Paulsen, and Paul; her daughters,
3 Mary Melius and her husband, Glen, Nancy Zumbo, Catherine
4 Kasting, and Gail Brant and her husband Christopher; her
5 brother, Patrick Henry Waters and his wife, Noreen, and her
6 grandchildren, Susan, Sara, Katy, Christian, Gretchen,
7 Benjamin, and Aaron; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
9 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her
10 family and friends, the death of Colleen Kasting of
11 Mundelein, Illinois; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Colleen Kasting, along with our
14 deepest condolences.