Full Text of SR1066 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 Ida Mary Warner of Oak Park, who passed | 4 | | away on August 2, 2017, at the age of 80; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner was born in Evansville, Indiana to | 6 | | Melvin and Ida (Hoffman) McCutchan on January 6, 1937 and grew | 7 | | up in McCutchanville, an adjacent farming community named for | 8 | | her ancestor, Samuel McCutchan; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner showed promise as a pianist from an | 10 | | early age, demonstrating her music skills throughout her | 11 | | childhood and graduating to the Evansville Philharmonic | 12 | | Orchestra, where she made her solo debut in 1953 performing | 13 | | Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto in G minor; she attended the | 14 | | University of Evansville, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts | 15 | | in Music Performance and subsequently earned a Master of Arts | 16 | | in Education from Western Michigan University, distinguishing | 17 | | both of her passions for music and education; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner began teaching music classes in the | 19 | | public schools of Wayland, Michigan, where she met the love of | 20 | | her life and future husband, Robert Jack Warner, a fellow | 21 | | teacher and athletic coach; they married at the Wayland | 22 | | Methodist Church on June 9, 1959 and moved to Otsego, Michigan |
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| 1 | | to continue their careers in education and raise their two | 2 | | daughters; they both became actively involved in the Otsego | 3 | | Methodist Church; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner continued her lifelong commitment to | 5 | | the advancement of young people by teaching kindergarten, | 6 | | first, and second grade in the nearby public schools of | 7 | | Allegan, Michigan; she continued her love of teaching piano, | 8 | | and her kind, gentle demeanor was appreciated by all who knew | 9 | | her and made her a beloved fixture in the community; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner was a family woman whose supportive | 11 | | nature fueled her nurturing of her children and grandchildren, | 12 | | upon whom she doted endlessly, attending concerts, plays, and | 13 | | any family event imaginable; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, After the death of her husband, Ida Warner moved | 15 | | to Oak Park in order to live closer to her family; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner was preceded in death by her husband, | 17 | | Robert, and her parents; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Ida Warner is survived by her siblings, Robert | 19 | | (Jeannie) McCutchan, Richard McCutchan (Natalie Jung), and | 20 | | Phyllis (Norman) Hill; her daughters, Lisa (Gary) Falkenberg | 21 | | and Susan Warner (David Griffin); her grandchildren, Kate |
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| 1 | | Falkenberg, Henry Griffin, and Pearl Griffin; and the countless | 2 | | students who owe a portion of their success to her tireless | 3 | | dedication to the education of young minds; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Ida Mary Warner, 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 Ida Warner as an expression of our | 11 | | deepest sympathy.
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