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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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| learned with sadness of the death of Diana L. Dodd, a lifetime |
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| resident of Anna, on August 2, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Dodd was born December 17, 1919, in Anna, the |
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| daughter of John Frederick and Gladys Spires Lentz; she married |
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| Kenneth W. Dodd on October 30, 1943, in Santa Ana, California; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She was educated in Anna, graduating from |
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| Anna-Jonesboro in 1937, and received her Bachelor of Science |
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| degree in Education from Southern Illinois University |
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| Carbondale (SIUC); she was Assistant County Superintendent of |
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| Schools in Union County until 1943; she later taught at Dongola |
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| High School and Anna-Jonesboro; after finishing graduate |
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| school and receiving her Master of Arts degree, she joined the |
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| English staff at SIUC and taught for 28 years; at SIUC, she set |
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| up a basic skills program for students of English; it |
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| eventually merged with a much larger unit, including reading |
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| and math; and
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| WHEREAS, She and her husband enjoyed horses and traveling; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Diana Dodd is felt by all who knew |
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| and loved her, especially her husband, Kenneth Dodd; her half |
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| sisters, Sarah Lentz Sinclair and Clara Lentz Westmoreland; her |
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| sisters-in-law, Ruth Evelyn Dodd and Betty E. Dodd; her adored |
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| beagle, Choteau; and her nieces, nephews, other relatives, and |
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| many friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Diana Dodd and extend our sincerest condolences to her family, |