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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 Ann Copelin of Virden, who passed away on |
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| May 9, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born February 27, 1941, in Springfield, a |
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| daughter of Harry Watson and Thelma Ruth (Shoemate) English; |
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| she married Kenneth T. "Festus" Copelin on August 31, 1959, in |
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| Virginia, Illinois;; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a 1959 graduate of Virden High School, a |
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| member of the First Christian Church in Virden, and a member of |
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| the Prairie Red Hatter's; and
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| WHEREAS, She had worked as a waitress for Hall's Restaurant |
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| in Virden and formerly worked for Dickey-John Corporation in |
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| Auburn, and as a dispatcher for the Macoupin County Sheriff's |
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| Department and the Virden Police Department; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; and
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| WHEREAS, Ann Copelin is survived by her son, Kenneth R. |
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| Copelin; her daughters, Kathleen R. Copelin and Christina M. |
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| Copelin; her brother, John T. "Jack" English; her 5 |
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| grandchildren; her 5 great-grandchildren; and several nieces |