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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Roberta L. "Bobbie" Vandalia, who passed 
4away on January 16, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Roberta Vandalia was born on January 7, 1945, in 
6Alton; she was the daughter of Robert and Pat (Brown) Wohlert; 
7she married Robert L. Vandalia on August 7, 1969, in Alton; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Roberta Vandalia was the owner and operator of 
9Golden Shears Hair Studio in Alton; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Roberta Vandalia was a member of the College 
11Avenue Presbyterian Church in Alton, where she served as an 
12elder and deacon; she served as a Stephen Minister, head of the 
13Aids Interfaith Response Group, and head of the Aids Support 
14Group at the church; she also conceived and organized the 
15annual community Christmas dinner; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Roberta Vandalia was a talented artist; she also 
17built and furnished doll houses and made bread dough flowers; 
18and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Roberta Vandalia is survived by her husband, 
20Robert L. Vandalia; her sister and brother-in-law, Zona and 
 
 
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1Bill Dodd; her brother and sister-in-law, Phillip and Sherry 
2Wohlert; her nieces and nephews, Dawn and Jerry Cooley, Shawn 
3and Joe Yates, Tony and Heather Dodd, Vance and Marjorie 
4Wohlert, Troy Wohlert, Judy and Bob Baum, and Chris Russell; 
5her 17 great-nieces and nephews; and her aunts, Carolyn Brown 
6and Jackie Wohnlich; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
9her family and friends, the passing of Roberta L. Vandalia; and 
10be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to the family of Roberta Vandalia as an expression of 
13our sympathy.