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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Evelyn Taylor Page of Benton, who passed 
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away on November 8, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evelyn Taylor Page was born on April 13, 1913, in 
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Harden County, Durham, England; she was the daughter of 
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Marshall and Janet (Waite) Taylor; she was married to Gerald 
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William Page; he preceded her in death on October 24, 1983; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evelyn Taylor Page was retired from the Benton 
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Evening News and Illinois Magazine; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evelyn Taylor Page was a volunteer with Franklin 
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Hospital Auxiliary for many years and a longtime member of 
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First Baptist Church in Benton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evelyn Taylor Page was preceded in death by her 
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husband; her parents; her son, Bill Page; her grandson, Jason 
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Page; her brothers, Marshall Taylor and Bill Taylor; and her 
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infant sister; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Evelyn Taylor Page is survived by her son, Robert 
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E. Page and wife, Peggy; her grandchildren, Linda Volz and her 
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husband, Steve, Gary Page and his wife, Mary Alice, and Amberly 
 


 






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Page; her great-grandchildren, Stacey, Jennifer, and Josh; her 
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great-great-grandson, Tristan; her daughter-in-law, Maxine 
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Page; her sister-in-law, Roberta Perkins; and her several 
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nieces and nephews; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Evelyn Taylor Page will be remembered by all who 
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knew and loved her as a kind and considerate woman who loved 
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her family; therefore, be it

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

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