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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
Katherine E. "Kay" Massey of Alton, who 
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passed away on June 2, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey was the daughter of the late Edward and 
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Lucile (Tyner) Stobbs; in 1955, she married her high school 
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sweetheart, Richard Massey; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey attended the University of Illinois and 
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was a member of the A O Pi Sorority; after her seven children 
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were born, she went back to college and graduated from the St. 
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Louis College of Pharmacy in 1976; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey and her husband were the owners of 
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Massey Pharmacy in northern Alton until their retirement in 
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1997; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey was a past President of the Alton 
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Children's Theatre and the Philanthropic Educational 
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Organization's Chapter GG; she was also a member of the 
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Community Service League, the Upper Alton Women's Club, and the 
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Illinois Coalition for Improving End of Life Care, as well as 
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the treasurer of the Godfrey Baptist Church; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey pursued a wide variety of interests, 
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including quilting; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey is survived by her husband; her 
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daughters, Sara (Craig) Lambert, Jill (Richard) Luft, Sue 
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Knight, and Dr. Barbara (Derrik) Spoelman; her sons, Ed (Penny) 
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Massey, Sam Massey, and Tom (Gina) Massey; her sisters, Sandra 
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(John) Jones and Mary (Tom) LaBoube; her 18 grandchildren; her 
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Massey family in-laws; and dozens of dear nieces and nephews; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Kay Massey will be remembered by all who knew and 
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loved her as a kind, caring wife and mother who set high 
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standards and good examples for her children; 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 Katherine E. "Kay" 
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Massey; 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 Kay Massey as an expression of our 
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sympathy.