Full Text of SR0423 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Nancy M. Godar of Godfrey, who passed | 4 | | away on April 6, 2017; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Godar was born to Marjorie and Lambert | 6 | | Hoffman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 6, 1943; after | 7 | | her father was killed in action in World War II in 1944, she | 8 | | was later adopted and raised by Walter E. Bensman; she married | 9 | | Neil J. Godar at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton on August | 10 | | 1, 1964; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Godar began her career as a registered nurse | 12 | | at St. Joseph's Hospital in Alton; she also worked at OSF St. | 13 | | Anthony's Hospital in the ICU and at Alton Memorial Hospital in | 14 | | medical and surgery; she was best known for her time working at | 15 | | Dr. Thomas Morrisey's Pediatric office in Godfrey and later for | 16 | | Dr. Khaldoun Elzoobi and Dr. Gita Malur; she loved working as a | 17 | | nurse and continued working per diem throughout the COMPASS | 18 | | system at St. Anthony's with several different physician's | 19 | | offices as well as offering shots at VNA Health Care; she made | 20 | | many great friends along the way until her retirement; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Godar was a longtime member of St. Ambrose | 22 | | Catholic Church where she taught and was in charge of the |
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| 1 | | Parish School of Religion program and was very active for years | 2 | | with the church choir; she loved going to The Muny every | 3 | | summer, which was time she treasured with her family; she loved | 4 | | to travel and visit her brothers and sisters in Colorado and | 5 | | Oregon; she was very active in Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, the | 6 | | Alton Children's Theater, and was a member of the Godfrey | 7 | | Women's Club; she also enjoyed embroidery, cross stitching, and | 8 | | sewing; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Godar was preceded in death by her parents, | 10 | | Marjorie and Lambert Hoffman; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Nancy Godar is survived by her husband of 52 | 12 | | years, Neil J. Godar; her children, Joseph (Denise) Godar, | 13 | | Donna (Scott) Taul, Debbie Godar and her friend, Scot Lang, | 14 | | Lisa (Carmon) Taylor, Cindy (Joel) Curry; her 17 grandchildren, | 15 | | Tyler and Ryan Godar, Nathan Taul, Kelsey (Nathan) Schulz, | 16 | | Jessica and Jared Taul, Ashley (Sam) McKinney, Amber | 17 | | (Johnathan) Jordan, Christian Shank, Sabrina and Matthew | 18 | | Fairless, Morgan and Sydney Giron, Veronica and Anakin Taylor, | 19 | | and Austin and Hannah Curry; and her siblings, William (Nancy) | 20 | | Bensman, Bonnie Mills, Walter (Ginger) Bensman Jr., and Mary | 21 | | Lee Bensman; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Nancy M. Godar, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 2 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 3 | | further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Nancy Godar as an expression of our | 6 | | deepest sympathy.
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