Full Text of SR0590 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Nancy Mackiewicz of Springfield, who | 4 | | passed away on September 18, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz was born to Chester Mackiewicz | 6 | | and Joyce Brundle Mackiewicz in Detroit, Michigan on October | 7 | | 19, 1958; she graduated from Ferndale High School in 1976; she | 8 | | earned her Bachelor of Science from Grand Valley State College | 9 | | in Grand Rapids; she eventually received her master's degree | 10 | | in Geology from Northern Illinois University; she married | 11 | | Roger Kennedy in Springfield on July 25, 1992; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz entered civil service with the | 13 | | Illinois Office of the Attorney General to assist the | 14 | | regulations and controls put into place to protect the | 15 | | environment; she later joined Goodwin & Broms as an | 16 | | environmental geologist; after G & B was sold, she was hired as | 17 | | a branch manager by Superior Environmental in 2003, where she | 18 | | tackled the day-to-day front-line work until her retirement in | 19 | | October 2019; she lived a life of public service and | 20 | | successfully managed a few thousand site actions throughout | 21 | | her career; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz co-authored a journal article |
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| 1 | | that coined the term "Cyclopel", which was a new phrase in the | 2 | | lexicon of geology that describes the cyclic deposition of | 3 | | sediments from the face of glaciers and is still in common | 4 | | usage today; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz was a member of the Springfield | 6 | | Art Association; she was an accomplished jeweler and | 7 | | ceramicist; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz acquired a love of nature from | 9 | | summers camping with her family throughout Michigan and | 10 | | Canada, and her favorite spot was her grandfather's home on | 11 | | the shores of Lake Ontario; she traveled to Europe as part of | 12 | | her studies and loved to explore hidden gems in Illinois, | 13 | | Wisconsin, and the rest of the U.S. with her husband; she loved | 14 | | her cats, Buster and Hemingway, pottery, her friends and | 15 | | family, and traveling and exploring the back roads with her | 16 | | husband; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz was preceded in death by her | 18 | | parents; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Mackiewicz is survived by her husband of 29 | 20 | | years, Roger Kennedy; her sisters, Stefanie (Dennis III) | 21 | | Wagner, Susan (George Jr.) Ambrozy, and Jennifer (Stephen | 22 | | Blamires) Mackiewicz; her beloved niece, Lee Ambrozy; her |
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| 1 | | nephews, George Ambrozy III, Dennis Wagner IV, Jeffrey Wagner, | 2 | | and David Wagner; her grandnephew, Heron Ambrozy Fu; and her | 3 | | stepmother, Amelia Mackiewicz; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Nancy Mackiewicz and extend our sincere condolences to her | 7 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Nancy Mackiewicz as an expression | 11 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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