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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 regret of the death of Esma Saliba Fisher of |
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| Herrin on Sunday, November 20, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on January 14, 1907, in Herrin to |
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| Charlie and Fouse Simmons; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of |
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| Herrin for longer than anyone can remember, and she was active |
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| in the Presbyterian Women's Association, the John Calvin |
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| Circle, and the Westminister Circle; she also served as deacon |
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| and trustee; she had been a member of the American Legion |
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| Auxiliary (past president), the American War Mothers (past |
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| president), and the Herrin Women's Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Following her retirement from F.W. Woolworth Co., |
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| she was a volunteer at the Marion Veterans Affairs Hospital for |
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| 11 years and later was a volunteer in the Gift Garden at Herrin |
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| Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Esma Saliba Fisher has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her son, Albert (Christina) Saliba; |
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| her daughter, Lula (Carl); her grandchildren, Sherry (Bret) |
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| Dougherty, Lisa Marlow (John Taylor), Jeffrey (Maria) Steele, |
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| Gregory Steele, Douglas Steele, and Sam and Paige Saliba; her |
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| great-grandchildren, Domonic Marlow, and Lenny, Michael, and |
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| Evan Steele; her nephews, Richard (Itch) Sue Jones and Robert |
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| (Cowboy) Jones; her great-niece and nephew, Susan Rae and |
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| Michael Jones; and her special friend, Dorothy Unruh; she was |
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| preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Mike Saliba and |
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| Harold Fisher; and her sister, Rosine Jones; 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 |