SR0783 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Virginia May Gambill of Peoria, who passed away on June 8, 2008; and

WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was born in Detroit, Michigan on November 1, 1926; her parents were Glenn and Sylvia Cieslewicz Stevens; she married Robert Floyd Gambill on June 16, 1956 in Detroit; and

WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill graduated with a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and received a master's degree from Wayne State University; she performed her residency at the University of Kansas; and

WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was employed as an administrative dietitian at the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio from 1956 to 1969 and at the University of Illinois in Chicago in 1970, where she also taught dietary; she was also employed at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee from 1976 until 1995, when she retired in Peoria; and

WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, the Professional Business Woman's Club, Zonta International, and numerous Masonic affiliations, including White Shrine, where she was past worthy high priestess, the Order of Eastern Star, where she was past worthy matron, Amaranth, and Pythian Sisters; she was also a devoted member of Second Baptist Church in Peoria; and

WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was preceded in death by her husband and her brother, Gerald Stevens; and

WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill is survived by her son, Blair (Brenda) Gambill; and her granddaughters, Brooke, Breck, and Blakelynn; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Virginia Gambill; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Virginia Gambill as an expression of our sympathy.