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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
2023 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIO N 9
April 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives BRANDTJEN, KNODL, ALLEN, CONLEY,
DRAKE, MURPHY, PENTERMAN, SINICKI, STUBBS, SUBECK and VOS. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Lolita
Schneiders.
Whereas, Representative Lolita “Lita” Schneiders, a dedicated public servant
and loving wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on November 12, 2022 at the
age of 91; and
Whereas, Lolita Schneiders was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 3, 1931 and
attended Lourdes High School and Mundelein College before graduating from the
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point with a teaching degree in 1953; and
Whereas, Lolita Schneiders taught in Arbor Vitae, Minocqua, and in the
Wausau area before settling in the Village of Menomonee Falls; and
Whereas, Lolita Schneiders went on to become the first female sales
representative for a Wisconsin insurance company and later became a sales
representative for a glass distributor; and
Whereas, Lolita Schneiders was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1980 and
served with distinction for 16 years; and
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Whereas, during her time in the assembly, Lolita Schneiders served on the
Joint Committee on Finance and the Building Commission, chaired the State Capitol
and Executive Residence Board, and was elected minority caucus secretary; and
Whereas, in 1999, Governor Tommy Thompson appointed Lolita Schneiders to
the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents; and
Whereas, Lolita Schneiders cherished the time spent with her family, especially
in the kitchen cooking family recipes and at the dinner table, sharing her experiences
in politics and government; and
Whereas, she also enjoyed reading, entertaining, playing bridge and golf, and
traveling with her late husband, Don; and
Whereas, Lolita Schneiders was an educator with a thirst for knowledge, who
dedicated her life to serving her community and the state of Wisconsin; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, That the members of the Wisconsin Assembly
mourn the passing of Representative Lolita Schneiders and commemorate her life
and public service.
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