Full Text of SR0315 97th General Assembly
SR0315 97TH 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 Marjorie Ruth Gieser of Wheaton, who | 4 | | passed away on August 12, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marjorie Ruth Nystrom was born May 14, 1938 in | 6 | | Asyut, Egypt; her parents, Dr. Sigurd Nystrom and Dr. Harriet | 7 | | Skemp, were medical missionaries to Ethiopia; she graduated | 8 | | from Wheaton College, where she met her husband Richard G. | 9 | | Gieser; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1976, Mrs. Gieser received her Masters of Fine | 11 | | Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; an artist | 12 | | of various media, she found her calling in the creation of art | 13 | | used to augment worship in churches;
Mrs. Gieser produced | 14 | | banners, pulpit cloths, and vestments of dramatic beauty; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, She typically created three-dimensional pieces, | 16 | | combining painting with sculptured fabric; churches throughout | 17 | | the Chicago region and numerous churches around the world use | 18 | | her work, including the Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, | 19 | | Moody Church, Edman Chapel of Wheaton College, and in church | 20 | | sanctuaries in several states; international locations include | 21 | | Coventry Cathedral of England, St. George Church of Bagdad, | 22 | | Iraq, and Khartoum Evangelical Church of Sudan; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, While accompanying her ophthalmologist husband on | 2 | | frequent medical mission trips, Mrs. Gieser found ways to | 3 | | brighten hospital wards by painting colorful murals in Schell | 4 | | Eye Hospital of Vellore, India; Dutch Hospital of El Alto, | 5 | | Boliva; and Eye Hospital of Ulan Bator, Mongolia; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Gieser is survived by her husband of 51 | 7 | | years; their son, Dr. Stephen Gieser; their daughters, Wendy | 8 | | Partain and Susan Cassel; her sister, Nardos Shuler; and 12 | 9 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | her family and friends, the passing of Marjorie Ruth Gieser; | 13 | | and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Marjorie Ruth Gieser as a symbol of | 16 | | our sincere sympathy.
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