Illinois HR 876: CONGRATS-DONNA ZARCONE

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HR0876LRB104 21575 MST 37007 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former 

4Illinois State Representative Rosemary Magner Kurtz of Crystal 

5Lake, who passed away on April 1, 2026; and

6 WHEREAS, Rep. Kurtz was born to Walter and Florence Magner 

7on August 11, 1930; after her mother's passing, her 

8stepmother, Lauretta Rowe, joined the family and became 

9instrumental in her development; she was a student government 

10leader at the University of Oklahoma, received her master's 

11degree from Kansas University, and did PhD work at the 

12University of Iowa; during the 1960s in Davenport, Iowa, she 

13marched and protested the Vietnam War, worked with other 

14parents to set up a multi-racial summer camp, and helped elect 

15the first woman mayor; and

16 WHEREAS, Rep. Kurtz was a high school and college Spanish 

17teacher for decades and taught English to migrant workers in 

18the 1970s; she finished her teaching career at District 155; 

19and

20 WHEREAS, Rep. Kurtz was president of the local chapter of 

21the League of Women Voters; she served on the Crystal Lake 

22Zoning Board from the 1970s through the 1990s, focusing on 

HR0876- 2 -LRB104 21575 MST 37007 r

1protection of the Crystal Lake watershed; her first elected 

2position was treasurer of Crystal Lake; and

3 WHEREAS, Rep. Kurtz was elected to the Illinois House of 

4Representatives at the age of 70, where she cast the deciding 

5vote for a landmark anti-discrimination law, challenged 

6unnecessary spending, brought back millions of State dollars 

7to improve McHenry County school systems, and maintained a 

8perfect pro-environment voting record; and

9 WHER