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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Dorothy Agnes Tracy of Mt. Sterling, who |
| 4 | | passed away on March 27, 2020; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Tracy was born to Lawrence and Marie |
| 6 | | Curtin in Taylorville on January 21, 1929; she grew up on their |
| 7 | | farm in Blue Mound and attended Stonington Community High |
| 8 | | School before graduating from Sacred Heart Academy in |
| 9 | | Springfield; she graduated from the University of Illinois with |
| 10 | | a bachelor's degree in education in 1949; while at the |
| 11 | | university, she met Robert Francis Tracy, and they were married |
| 12 | | in Stonington on June 9, 1949; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1960, the Tracys started their business, |
| 14 | | Associated Dairy Products Company; though Dorothy often worked |
| 15 | | as a substitute teacher at St. Mary School and Brown County |
| 16 | | High School in Mt. Sterling, she also assisted Robert in |
| 17 | | running the new company, functioning as secretary and |
| 18 | | bookkeeper and even helping make deliveries of food products to |
| 19 | | their customers; in honor of Dorothy, Associated Dairy Products |
| 20 | | Company changed its name to Dot Associated Dairy Products |
| 21 | | Company in 1966 before being renamed Dot Foods in 1981; today, |
| 22 | | the $8.1 billion company is the largest food industry |
| 23 | | redistributor in North America and is still owned and operated |
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| 1 | | by the Tracy family; Dot Foods employs 6,400 people in 16 |
| 2 | | locations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, including |
| 3 | | 2,800 at its Mt. Sterling corporate headquarters; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Tracy was active in the Holy Family |
| 5 | | Catholic Church in Mt. Sterling, where she often played the |
| 6 | | organ; she was also a member of the National T.T.T. Society |
| 7 | | chapter in Mt. Sterling, served on the Brown County School |
| 8 | | Board, and played bridge in several local clubs; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy had a philanthropic spirit and |
| 10 | | volunteered and supported many local charities; she is known |
| 11 | | for her role in helping build the Mt. Sterling Community Center |
| 12 | | YMCA, which opened in 2004; construction of the facility was |
| 13 | | paid for by Robert and Dorothy Tracy, the Tracy Family |
| 14 | | Foundation, and Dot Foods; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Tracy was preceded in death by her |
| 16 | | husband, Robert; her parents; her sister, Catherine Trueblood; |
| 17 | | and her brothers, Bill Curtin and Leo Curtin; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy is survived by her 12 children, Donald |
| 19 | | (Wanda), Patrick (Jane), Thomas (Catherine), Anne (Ray) |
| 20 | | Capestrain, James (Jil), Jean (Mike) Buckley, John (Linda), |
| 21 | | Mary (Jay) Sullivan, Susan (Scott) Stamerjohn, Jane (Fred) |
| 22 | | Schmidt, Joseph (Jill), and Richard (Adina); 46 grandchildren; |
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| 1 | | 31 great-grandchildren; her brothers, Paul (Gail) Curtin, |
| 2 | | Larry Curtin, and John (Alice) Curtin; and her sister-in-law, |
| 3 | | Nancy Curtin; therefore, be it
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| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL |
| 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 6 | | Dorothy Agnes Tracy and extend our sincere
condolences to her |
| 7 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it |
| 8 | | further
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| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 10 | | presented to the family of Dorothy Tracy as an expression of
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| 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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