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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Emily Jean Hensley of Belleville, 
4formerly of Cahokia, who passed away on June 10, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born on March 16, 1929 in Illmo, Missouri; 
6she was a homemaker and a life-long member of Mount Calvary 
7Lutheran Church in Cahokia; her family, friends, and her 
8companion of 15 years, her dog Rascal, brought interminable 
9light and joy into her life, and they will remember her for the 
10special times they shared; she had a sweet and kind heart and a 
11passion for animals; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Emily was preceded in death by the love of her 
13life, her dear husband of 54 years, Harold Willis Hensley, whom 
14she married as a teenager in 1946; her beloved daughter, 
15Elizabeth "Libby" Sander; and her life-long best friends, 
16Herman and Virginia Sander; and


  
 
17    WHEREAS, Emily Jean Hensley is survived by her cherished 
18son, Mark Hensley and his wife, Lois; her son-in-law, Stan 
19Sander; her grandchildren and their spouses, Robert (Anna) 
20Sander, Amy (Chuck) Kelley, Mallory (Ryan) Duncan, and Michael 
21Hensley; her great-grandchildren, Victoria Emily, Matthew, and 
22Andrew Kelley, and Logan and Joshua Sander; her "adopted 
 
 
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1extended families," the families of Mark and Marsha Clatterbuck 
2and Thomas and Patricia Hunter; her in-laws, Paul, Sandy, and 
3Virginia Hensley; and numerous nieces and nephews and friends; 
4therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
7her family and friends, the passing of Emily Jean Hensley; and 
8be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Emily Jean Hensley as a symbol of 
11our sincere sympathy.