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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 Gloria Evelyn (Parnham) Carroll of East 
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Peoria, who passed away on January 22, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Affectionately called "Sis" by her siblings and 
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friends, Gloria was born on April 4, 1913, in East Peoria, the 
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second daughter of Floyd and Ida Siebenthal Parnham; she 
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attended Oak Grove School in Groveland until she went to work 
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as a nanny; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1932, she married Gene Carroll, the love of her 
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life for the next 58 years;

Mrs. Carroll helped her husband 
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launch Carroll Coal & Feed Co. in East Peoria in the late 
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1940s; she served as office manager for the business until it 
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closed in the mid-1960s; and

 
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    WHEREAS, When Lincoln School opened in East Peoria in the 
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early 1950s, she was active with its parent group; she also was 
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active in Democratic Party politics for many years, serving as 
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an election judge; she supported her husband in his career as 
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an elected official in East Peoria in the 1950s and 1960s; and 
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she was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of St. 
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Monica's Church in East Peoria; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Gloria Carroll was preceded in death by her 
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husband, Gene; her son, Jimmy; her daughter-in-law, Cathy; and 
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seven siblings; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She is survived by her son, Larry; her two 
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granddaughters; and her great-grandson; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Gloria Carroll; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Gloria Carroll as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.