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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly of the State 
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of Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of 
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Mildred Yvonne Fitzgerrell, widow of  State Representative 
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Wayne Fitzgerrell, on April 19, 2005 in  Sesser; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Fitzgerrell was born September 1, 1913, in 
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Sesser, to Howard Burgess Young and Daisy Violetetti Bartlow 
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Young Tackitt; she graduated from Goode-Barren Township High 
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School; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She married Wayne Fitzgerrell on March 4, 1942, in 
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St. Louis; after his untimely death on May 11, 1965, the Wayne 
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Fitzgerrell State Park was named in his memory;  she retired 
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from the U.S. Postal Service in 1973 after 38 years of service; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a very community-minded person who was 
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always willing to help; she truly believed in education and 
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wanted to see the young people of the community have a chance 
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to further their education; and
 
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    WHEREAS, She served as Worthy Matron of the Mary V Chapter 
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of Eastern Star; she was a member and president of the Sesser 
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Woman's Club; she was a member of the Illinois Women's 
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Federation Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Sesser 
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Senior Citizens, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the 
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Rend Lake Foundation Board where she established an endowment 
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fund to provide an annual scholarship in honor of her late 
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husband, and the Goode-Barren Historical Society; she was a 
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member and Sunday school teacher at First United Methodist 
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Church of Sesser; she was instrumental in compiling and 
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publishing the 1976 Bicentennial history of Sesser and 
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renovating the Sesser Historic Opera House; she received the 
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Golden Deeds Award from the Sesser Area Chamber of Commerce in 
 


 






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1984; she received the Presidential Award from the Rend Lake 
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Foundation Board; she donated a bicycle to the St. Jude 
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Bike-a-thon each year; and she worked diligently with the 
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fund-raising for the remodeling of the Goode Township Community 
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Building; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Mildred Yvonne Fitzgerrell is felt 
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by all who knew and loved her, especially her step-nephews, 
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Steve and Patty Young, Mike and Vergie Young, and Dennis and 
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Paige Young; her sister-in-law, Helen Young; her aunt, Mary 
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Bartlow; her cousins, Herb Sr. and Billie Winemiller, Herb Jr. 
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and Gwen Winemiller and daughters, Tiffany Winemiller and Misti 
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Winemiller; her sister-in-law, Josephine Fitzgerrell Junkins; 
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her nephew, Richard Fitzgerrell, son of William Fitzgerrell; 
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and her special caretakers, Margaret Goessman and Verna Queen; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, her 
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parents, and her stepbrother, Roy Odle Young; therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
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SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that even as her death is mourned, we 
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give thanks for the blessing of Mildred Yvonne Fitzgerrell's 
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life and extend our sincere and heartfelt condolences to her 
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family, friends, and community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.