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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois are pleased to recognize Sandie Oswald on the 
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occasion of her retirement; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Oswald was born on January 29, 1940, in  
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Louisville, Illinois, to Steve and Maggie (Shelton) Jennings; 
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she graduated from Clay City Grade School in 1984 and Salem 
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High School in 1958; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She moved to northern Indiana and eventually to 
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Cook County, Illinois; she worked for Illinois Bell Telephone 
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Company in Harvey; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Oswald married Verlyn "Ozzie" Oswald in Blue 
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Island on January 28, 1961; she went on to attend and graduate 
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from Blue Island College of Cosmetology, where she taught for 
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five years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Oswalds lived in Blue Island until moving to 
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Iuka in 1972; she first worked at the Marion County Jail as a 
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secretary and female correctional officer; she started in the 
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Marion County Clerk's Office in 1992, where she worked 
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part-time and went to full-time in January of 1993, working on 
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vital records and elections; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Oswald served 16 years on the Executive 
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Committee of the Marion County Democratic Central Committee, 14 
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years as chairwoman/vice chairman and two years secretary; she 
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is a past president and secretary of the Salem Democrat Club 
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and a past president of the Iuka Community Development Corp.; 
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she served as coordinator of the Iuka Homecoming Parade, is a 
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past president of the Iuka Grade School PTO, and was a Beta 
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Club sponsor; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, She joins her husband, who retired from the Marion 
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County Sheriff's Dept. three years ago; she is the proud mother 
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of Chuck (wife, Maria), Steve (wife, Connie), and Amy Jo 
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(husband, Scott Pahlmann) and the proud grandmother of Corrine, 
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Cassandra, Thomas, Lucas, Amber (husband, Matt Winkler), 
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Stephen, Kyra, Kalan, Eli, and Cooper; she is the 
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great-grandmother of Matthew; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In retirement, she and her husband plan to spoil 
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their grandchildren, spend time with family and friends, and 
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travel; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Sandie Oswald on the occasion of her 
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retirement, and we thank her for the many years she has 
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dedicated to public service; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her as an expression of our esteem.