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92_HR0229

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  wish to express their sincere condolences to
 4    the family and friends of Mildred Reinke Dordal,  who  passed
 5    away on April 7, 2001; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mildred  Reinke  Dordal was born in 1928 in Oak
 7    Park, Illinois; she graduated from Austin High School in 1946
 8    and attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, from 1946  to
 9    1948,  and  the University of Colorado from 1948 to 1949; she
10    graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in  social
11    work  from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, and earned a
12    master's degree in social work from the University of Chicago
13    in 1953; and

14        WHEREAS,  In  1949,   Mrs.   Dordal   participated   with
15    twenty-two  other  students from fourteen different countries
16    in a work camp at the Lutheran World Federation  in  Bavaria,
17    Germany;  she  utilized  her social service skills by helping
18    people with disabilities and assisted in the construction  of
19    a Lutheran church; Mrs. Dordal returned to Bavaria in 1999 to
20    join   fifteen   members  of  the  same  camp  for  the  50th
21    anniversary of the church's construction; and

22        WHEREAS, For more than thirty years, Mrs.  Dordal  worked
23    as  a  clinical social worker for Lutheran Social Services of
24    Illinois; after her retirement in  1994,  she  continued  her
25    services  as a counselor; she was also a former president and
26    board member of the Lutheran Campus Ministry of  Metropolitan
27    Chicago; and

28        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Dordal  was an active member of Augustana
29    Lutheran Church since 1959, where she served on the  church's
30    council;  she  also  enjoyed  the  book club for women at the
31    Lutheran School of Theology; and
 
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 1        WHEREAS, The passing of Mildred  Reinke  Dordal  will  be
 2    deeply  felt  by  all  who knew and loved her, especially her
 3    husband, Erl  Dordal;  her  sons,  Peter  Dordal  and  Andrew
 4    Dordal; her daughters, Lisa Dordal and Kristin Poerschke; her
 5    brother,   George   Reinke;   and  her  seven  grandchildren;
 6    therefore, be it

 7        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 8    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 9    we  mourn,  along with all who knew her, the death of Mildred
10    Reinke Dordal; and be it further

11        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
12    presented  to  the  family  of Mildred Reinke Dordal with our
13    sincere condolences.

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