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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Margaret N. Royal of Girard, who passed 
4away on February 24, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Margaret Royal was born in Newton, Mississippi to 
6Willis and Virginia (Brantley) Norman on June 1, 1924; she 
7married Lyle W. Royal in Pascagoula, Mississippi on March 6, 
81943; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Margaret Royal retired from Cahokia School 
10District #187, where she was a secretary at Cahokia High 
11School; she and her husband formerly owned and operated the 
12Royal Highway Service Station and the Royal Treat in Cahokia; 
13and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Margaret Royal enjoyed traveling, gardening, and 
15reading; she and her husband  were members of Maplewood Park 
16Baptist Church in Cahokia, and then Grace Southern Baptist 
17Church in Virden; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Margaret Royal was preceded in death by her 
19parents;  her husband, Lyle; and her siblings, Katherine Dunagin 
20Steele, Marion Norman, and Sybil Mandle; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Margaret Royal is survived by her daughters, 
2Elaine (Robert) Harrell, and Cecilia (Douglas) Pitchford; her 
3grandchildren, Rebecca (Jeff) Caldwell, Cynthia (Brandon) 
4Shafer, Erick Pitchford (Christine Bradley), and Tyler (Janna) 
5Pitchford; her great-grandchildren, Ethan and Avery Caldwell, 
6Corban, Eliana, Jude, and Gabriella Shafer, Lucas Pitchford, 
7and Maddy, Meredith, and Ben Pitchford; and her sister-in-law, 
8Dorothy Norman; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
11Margaret N. Royal, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
12family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
13further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to  the family of  Margaret Royal as an expression of 
16our deepest sympathy.