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1
HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Betty
4 Canaday of Springfield, who passed away on May 5, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born the daughter of James and Lucille
6 Fernandez Foster on November 15, 1923, in Springfield; she
7 married Melvin H. Canaday in Springfield on November 21, 1941;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, She attended Feitshans High School; she was first
10 employed at S.S. Kresege as a clerk, then at Taft Restaurant as
11 a waitress, and then at Denney's Restaurant as a hostess before
12 becoming a homemaker; and
 
13     WHEREAS, She was an avid bingo player and was a member of a
14 bunco club for 30 plus years; she was of the Protestant Faith;
15 and
 
16     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin;
17 and by her parents; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Betty Canaday is survived by two daughters, Sandra
19 England and Linda (husband, Frank) Sklenka; her sister, Ruth
20 Campbell; her grandchildren, Chas. Brent England, Cindy

 

 

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1 (husband, Anthony) Rosa, Terry (wife, Crystal) England, Kevin
2 (wife, Kate) England, Dennis Sklenka, and Bradley (wife Kara)
3 Sklenka; and her great-grandchildren, Zachary Moller, Amanda
4 England, Ryan England, Melany England, Anna England, William
5 England, Samuel Tyler Sklenka, and Austin and Edgar Kelly;
6 therefore, be it
 
7     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
9 mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Betty
10 Canaday; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Betty Canaday as a symbol of our
13 sincere sympathy.