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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Mary Ellen Fischer of Godfrey, who passed 
4away on November 16, 2010; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born November 26, 1923, in Blair, the 
6daughter of David and Mona Starr (Ervin) Jones; she attended 
7Blair Country School and Sparta High School; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, She attended Shurtleff College, where she met her 
9future husband, Paul M. Fischer; they were married January 29, 
101944, in Sparta; she and her husband lived in the Alton area 
11for more than 50 years; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, She was a Girl Scout troop leader and past 
13president of the River Bluffs Girl Scout Council, an active 
14member and past president of P.E.O. Chapter GG, an active 
15member of College Avenue Presbyterian Church, where she was a 
16member of Ruth Circle, and served as an elder and a deacon, and 
17a member and past president of the Alton Community Service 
18League; she also was a member of the Ladies Golf League at 
19Lockhaven Country Club, where she scored a hole-in-one on Hole 
20Number 8 at age 79; she was an avid fisherwoman, and had a 
21stump named in her honor at Wood Lake, Ely, Minnesota; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her 
2sister, Betty (Mrs. Eugene) Lane; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Fischer is survived by her husband of 
466 years, Paul; her children, Thomas Paul (Cathy) Fischer, Ann 
5Elisabeth (Dr. David) Athas, Dr. John William (Amy) Fischer, 
6and Laura Jane Fischer; her grandchildren, Andrew Paul 
7(Allegra) Fischer, Rosemary Margherita Fischer, Julie Ann 
8Athas, Laura Elisabeth Athas, Nicholas Robert (Monica) 
9Fischer, Craig Michael (Trisha) Fischer, and Kirstin Elizabeth 
10Fischer; her great-grandchildren, Riley Lee Fischer, Grace 
11Margaret Fischer, and James Michael Fischer; and her 
12brother-in-law, Dr. Don A.(Sue) Fischer; therefore, be it
  
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
15her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ellen Fischer; and 
16be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Mary Ellen Fischer as a symbol of 
19our sincere sympathy.