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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 Berniece Eileen Tonsor of Jerseyville, |
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| who passed away on December 22, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Richwood Township in Jersey County |
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| on March 12, 1928, one of five daughters born to the late John |
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| and Sophia (Ontis) Skinner; she was a graduate of Jersey |
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| Township High School, where she was voted by her classmates as |
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| the girl with the "most beautiful tresses"; and
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| WHEREAS, She married John Robert Tonsor on April 17, 1948, |
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| at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fieldon and the two shared 30 |
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| years together before his sudden death on July 25, 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, After her husband passed away she became a |
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| caregiver to elderly people in their homes; and
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| WHEREAS,
She was preceded in death by her parents; her |
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| husband; her son-in-law, John Stafford; and her two sisters, |
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| Doris Harvey and Thelma Watts; and
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| WHEREAS, Berniece Tonsor is survived by her children and |
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| their spouses, Cindy and Neal Wittman, Joan and Jim Withers, |
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| Patty and Bill Kuebrich, JR and Pam Tonsor, Phillip and Becky |
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| Tonsor, Tina and Mike Bennett, Fran and Larry Bear, DeeDee |
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| Tonsor, and Missy and Jeff Davis; her grandchildren and their |
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| spouses, Chris and Pam Wittman, Jennifer and John Lyles, Briana |
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| and Brian Jackson, Sarah and Clarence Grebner, Tony Kuebrich, |
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| Paul Kuebrich, Brad and Wendy Tonsor, Barry Tonsor, Erin |
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| Tonsor, Bobby Tonsor, Josh and Mindy Tonsor, Jenny and Kevin |
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| Macias, Jessie Tonsor and her fiance, Jason Ray, Justin Tonsor, |
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| Kevin and Bernadette Bennett, Matt Bennett, Adam Bennett and |
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| his fiance, Keegan Thompson, P.J. Bennett, Lauren Davis, Trevor |
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| Davis, and Morgan Davis; her great-grandchildren, Shelby and |
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| Veronica Wittman, Logan Lyles, Hannah and Hailey Tonsor, |
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| Jackson Tonsor, Lucy and Jude Bennett, Jack and Drew Macias, |
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| Ava Tonsor, Margaret Grebner, and two due in February; her |
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| step-grandchildren, Brian and his wife, Lori Withers, Eric |
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| Withers, and Blake Withers; her step-great-grandchildren, Alex |
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| and Cameron Withers and Peyton Withers; her sisters, Mary |
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| Schloman and Betty Ritter; and her mother-in-law, Ceil Groppel; |
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| 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 Berniece Tonsor; 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 Berniece Tonsor as a symbol of our |