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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mary Lou |
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| Walker of Carbondale, who passed away on March 17, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker was born on September 4, 1930, in |
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| Hurst; she was the daughter of Eugene "Shine" Shafer and Erma |
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| "Keyes" Shafer; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker graduated from Hurst-Bush High |
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| School in 1948; in 1965, she became the first woman to graduate |
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| from Southern Illinois University with a degree in mortuary |
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| science; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker married James F. Walker in 1962; |
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| the couple shared 35 years of marriage until his passing on |
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| June 19, 1997; Mary continued to operate the couple's funeral |
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| home business until her passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker took great pride in operating the |
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| funeral business with her husband and her son, Regge, and |
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| considered helping families in time of grief to be her life's |
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| passion; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker was a member of the Illinois |
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| Funeral Directors Association, the National Funeral Directors |
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| Association, CANA, the Egyptian Funeral Directors Association, |
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| the Ladies Auxiliary of the Elks Club of Carbondale, the Ladies |
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| Auxiliary of the Eagles Club of Carbondale, and the Hurst Lions |
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| Club Auxiliary and Rotary; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker was preceded in death by her |
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| husband and her son, James Tracy Walker; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Lou Walker will be sadly missed by her son, |
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| Regge Walker; her daughter, Illinois State Representative Jil |
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| Tracy and her husband, Jim; her brothers, Larry Shafer and Tom |
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| Shafer (Sandra); her grandchildren, Rob Tracy, Ben Tracy, Mark |
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| (Kelsy) Tracy, and Kailey Walker; and her close friends, Elyse |
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| Crowell, Mono Robinson, and Suzanne Immen; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mary |
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| Lou Walker; and 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 Mary Lou Walker as an expression of |
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| our sincere sympathy.
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