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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Gladys Royce |
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| Drost of Zion on Monday, October 4, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Drost was born on November 6, 1921 in Langlade |
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| County, Wisconsin, and came to the Zion area in the 1940's; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Drost was employed at Warwick Electronics in |
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| Zion for many years, and later retired in 1977 from Victory |
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| Memorial Hospital; as a veteran, Gladys Drost served in World |
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| War II with the Woman's Army Corp. (WAC), and she belonged to |
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| the Winthrop Harbor Veterans of Foreign Wars, the White Lake, |
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| Wisconsin American Legion, and the WAC Vets; she received a |
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| Certificate of Honor from the French Government for serving in |
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| France and contributing to the liberation of France in World |
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| War II; she was also a long time member of the Zion-Benton |
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| Women of the Moose; and
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| WHEREAS, Gladys Royce Drost was preceded in death by her |
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| husband, Howard in 1989; her son, Barry in 1986; her |
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| granddaughter, Deanna Allen in 2002; her brothers, Avery, |
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| Arnold, Deward, Irvin and William "Dearl" Royce; her sisters, |
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| Ethel Bealmear, Margaret Lambert, Mayme Drost and Joy "Pinky" |
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| Krause; her infant brothers; and her parents, Robert and Bertha |
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| (nee Choate) Royce; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gladys Royce Drost will be deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her daughters, Terry Allen and |
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| Lynnette (Brian) Greorgeson; her grandchildren, Melissa Allen |
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| Werve, Jeffrey Drost, Jaclyn Drost, and Angela Clark; her great |
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| grandchildren, Alexis and Patrick Werve; her sisters, |
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| Millicent "Boots" (William) Sunderland and Betty Bylaska; her |
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| brother, Dennis (Geraldine) Royce; her sisters-in-law, Marian |
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| and Janet Royce; and many nieces, nephews and friends; |