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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Regina Kuehn, who passed away on May 21, 
42014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Regina Kuehn was born in Berlin, Germany; she was 
6a 55-year resident of Oak Park; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Regina Kuehn and her husband, Heinz, not only 
8endured and survived the final days of the Nazi regime in 
9Berlin and the chaotic aftermath, but managed to pull off their 
10wedding; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Regina Kuehn was an expert in Catholic liturgy and 
12church architecture; she was also instrumental in the redesign 
13of Ascension Church following the Second Vatican Council in the 
14mid-1960s and served as a consultant for other area churches; 
15and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Regina Kuehn was preceded in death by her husband, 
17Heinz Kuehn; a grandson, Marcel Fremont; a 
18great-granddaughter, Ava Lindamood; her parents, Max and 
19Elisabeth Nowak; and a brother, Wolfgang Nowak; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Regina Kuehn was the mother of Angelika, Birgitta 
 
 
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1(Brian MacHaffie), Clement (Elisabeth Angele), Christopher 
2(Lynn Wesley), Veronica (Rick Fremont), and Gloria Harrington 
3(Thomas Lunzer); the grandmother of Ellison Lindamood (Brian), 
4Aaron Kuehn (Orchid), Erica Haczkiewicz, Nathan Fremont 
5(Juliette Mizicko), Sara Kuehn, Stephen Kuehn (Jennifer 
6Kolba), Kate Kuehn, Sophia Angele-Kuehn, and Johanna 
7Angele-Kuehn; and great-grandmother of Christian, Buckminster, 
8Sebastian and Evelyn; she is also survived by her friends, 
9John, Andy, and Lito; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
12family and friends, mourn the passing of Regina Kuehn; and be 
13it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to the family of Regina Kuehn as an expression of our 
16sympathy.