Full Text of SR0862 96th General Assembly
SR0862 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Ann Copelin of Virden, who passed away on | 4 |
| May 9, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born February 27, 1941, in Springfield, a | 6 |
| daughter of Harry Watson and Thelma Ruth (Shoemate) English; | 7 |
| she married Kenneth T. "Festus" Copelin on August 31, 1959, in | 8 |
| Virginia, Illinois;; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a 1959 graduate of Virden High School, a | 10 |
| member of the First Christian Church in Virden, and a member of | 11 |
| the Prairie Red Hatter's; and
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| WHEREAS, She had worked as a waitress for Hall's Restaurant | 13 |
| in Virden and formerly worked for Dickey-John Corporation in | 14 |
| Auburn, and as a dispatcher for the Macoupin County Sheriff's | 15 |
| Department and the Virden Police Department; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; and
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| WHEREAS, Ann Copelin is survived by her son, Kenneth R. | 18 |
| Copelin; her daughters, Kathleen R. Copelin and Christina M. | 19 |
| Copelin; her brother, John T. "Jack" English; her 5 | 20 |
| grandchildren; her 5 great-grandchildren; and several nieces |
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| and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Ann Copelin; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Ann Copelin as a symbol of our | 8 |
| sincere sympathy.
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