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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Mary Lou Duesterhaus of Quincy, who
4passed away on December 31, 2010; and
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born on May 11, 1929, near Kinderhook, the
6daughter of Lewis and Alice Weddington Kenady; she married
7Donald M. Duesterhaus on October 18, 1952, in St. John the
8Baptist Catholic Church in Quincy; and
 
9    WHEREAS, She grew up as the third youngest of 11 children
10on a small farm north of Kinderhook during the Great Depression
11and World War II; she referred to herself as a "farm girl"; her
12family moved to Loraine after the war and she graduated from
13Mendon High School in 1947; and
 
14    WHEREAS, After working as a full-time homemaker and raising
1510 children, she embarked on a second career as a driver's
16license examiner for the Illinois Secretary of State; she was a
17lifetime member of the Women's Democratic Club; she served as
18an election judge and a Democratic precinct committeeman for
19many years; and
 
20    WHEREAS, She and her husband, a former Quincy alderman and
21deputy mayor, were named Grass Roots Activists of the Year by

 

 

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1the Adams County Democratic Central Committee in recognition of
2their work for the local Democratic Party; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Following her retirement in 1994, she devoted most
4of her time to three great passions: baking, gardening, and her
5grandchildren; she was a longtime member of St. Francis
6Catholic Church; and
 
7    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her
8parents; her brothers, Lewis "Junior" Kenady and Robert Kenady;
9and her sisters, Louise Earnst, Rosella Morley, Wilma Kuhlman,
10Bethany Banowitz, Josephine Miller, and Jeanne Jackson; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Mary Lou Duesterhaus is survived by her children,
12Joseph A. Duesterhaus and his wife, Laura, D. Mark Duesterhaus
13and his wife, Denise, Steven K. Duesterhaus and his wife,
14Glori, and Paul M. Duesterhaus and his wife, Mary Ann, Mary
15Beth Duesterhaus, Gregory L. Duesterhaus, Jonathan L.
16Duesterhaus and his wife, Susan, Kevin F. Duesterhaus and his
17wife, Sandy,, Timothy J. Duesterhaus and his wife, Teresa, and
18Todd W. Duesterhaus and his wife, Taffy; her 26 grandchildren;
19her 5 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Lillian Westphal and
20Faith Ervin; her sisters-in-law, Neva Kenady and Gwen Kenady;
21her brother-in-law, Melvin Arns; and her numerous nieces and
22nephews; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3her family and friends, the passing of Mary Lou Duesterhaus;
4and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the family of Mary Lou Duesterhaus as a symbol of
7our sincere sympathy.