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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express |
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| their sincere condolences to the family of Mia M. Ware, who |
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| passed away on August 21, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mia Ware was born on November 11, 1967, in |
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| Jacksonville, to Danny and Karla Beddingfield Farmer; she |
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| married William Bradley "Brad" Ware in 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Ware graduated from Jacksonville High School |
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| in 1985; she earned a Bachelor of Arts in history at Illinois |
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| State University in 1990, where she was a Sigma Phi Alpha |
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| Little Sister; and
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| WHEREAS, Mia Ware managed a photo lab at Prestige Video; |
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| she was a substitute teacher for District 117, Winchester |
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| School District, and the Illinois School for the Visually |
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| Impaired; additionally, she worked as a Longaberger sales |
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| consultant; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Ware was a devoted member of Grace United |
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| Methodist Church; she served on the Fox Trust Fund Committee |
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| and was the chairperson for the Vacation Bible School; and
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| WHEREAS, Mia Ware was also a conscientious and active |
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| member of the Jacksonville community; she was a member of the |
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| Jacksonville Assembly 19 Order of the Rainbow, serving as a |
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| worthy advisor in 1981 and a junior member of the state |
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| executive committee; she served as the secretary and on the |
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| board of directors for the Pilot Club; she was an active member |
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| of the Arcadia Women's Club, the Passavant Hospital Auxiliary, |
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| the Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary Board, and the American |
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| Cancer Society Western Division Regional Board; and she was an |
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| active participant with the American Cancer Society Relay for |
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| Life, serving on the Illinois Task Force and as the honorary |