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90_SR0252
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Mrs. Josephine Kneidle Oblinger of
4 Williamsville, former State Representative, on Sunday,
5 September 27, 1998; and
6 WHEREAS, She was born in Chicago on February 14, 1913,
7 the daughter of John and Mabel Kneidle Harrington; she was
8 married to Walter L. Oblinger, who died in 1990; and
9 WHEREAS, She was a graduate of the University of Illinois
10 with a bachelor's degree in education, cum laude, and from
11 the University of Detroit Law School, J.D., magna cum laude,
12 in 1943; and
13 WHEREAS, In 1943, she worked in the Legal Aid Bureau in
14 Detroit, from 1951 to 1962 she taught at Lanphier High
15 School, and from 1977 to 1978 she served as the director of
16 the Illinois Department on Aging; and
17 WHEREAS, From 1979 to 1982 she served as the State
18 Representative in the 50th district and from 1983 to 1985 as
19 State Representative in the 100th district; and
20 WHEREAS, She was awarded the Salvation Army's highest
21 award, the William Booth Others Award in 1985; the
22 Springfield Women's Political Caucus Elizabeth Cady Stanton
23 Award in 1990; entered the Illinois Senior Citizens Hall of
24 Fame in 1994; was named an Illinois Treasurer by the Illinois
25 Alliance for Aging in 1996; served as president of the
26 Illinois Federation of Teachers from 1959-63; and was a
27 delegate and chairman of Older Women's Concerns Committee for
28 the 1981 White House Conference on Aging; and
29 WHEREAS, Her passing will be deeply felt by her family
30 and friends, especially her son, Carl; her daughter-in-law,
31 Marge; two grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren;
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1 therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we note with sorrow and regret
4 the death of Mrs. Josephine Kneidle Oblinger and extend our
5 most sincere condolences to her family and friends; and be it
6 further
7 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall
8 be presented to her son, Carl Oblinger.