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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
Shirley E. Fish of Joliet; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Shirley Fish was a lifelong contributor to her 
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hometown community of Joliet through various charitable works 
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for the Joliet Jewish Congregation and the Holocaust Education 
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Program in area schools; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Shirley Fish was a voracious reader and a 
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passionate thinker; at the age of 82, she enrolled in a 
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doctoral program at the Spertus College of Judaica Studies; she 
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and her husband visited over 70 countries; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Shirley Fish was the beloved daughter of the late 
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Sophie Shaler; the sister of the late Martin Aronowitz; the 
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best friend and wife of Louis; the devoted and involved mother 
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of Raymond (Andi) Fish, Paul (Tessy) Fish, Elaine (Michael) 
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Janks, Ronald (Linda) Fish, and Deborah Hill; the adored 
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grandmother of Brad Fish, Lisa (Randall) Roddy, Ryan (Kim) 
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Smith, David (Dana) Fish, Isaac, Aarlo, Hugh, and Avery Stone 
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Fish, and Jacob Hill; and the loving great-grandmother of 
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Taison and Hudson Roddy, Ben, Abby and Nate Fish, and Natalie 
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and Nicky Smith; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Shirley Fish will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved her for her warmth, generosity of spirit, piercing 
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intellect, and interest in the well-being of other people; 
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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 Shirley E. Fish; 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 Shirley Fish as an expression of our 
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sympathy.