Geneva Rode

This evening I became aware of the death of Geneva Rode, a woman who worked in many legislative offices over time, the last one being with State Representative Lary Swoboda. She often commented enjoying his office location which looked out onto State Street.

A few months after Governor Thompson took his oath in 1987 he happened to swing by the office of Swoboda. Geneva Rode and Ruth Schohl who had worked for decades in the Capitol were splitting a full-time position in the office...