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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Dolores M. "Grandma Doe" McMillan of 
4Williamsville, who passed away on November 2, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan  was born in Auburn on May 27, 
61923 to Stanley and Matilda (nee Maggs) Patrilla; she attended 
7Auburn schools and moved to Springfield after graduation; she 
8married Charles "Bub" McMillan on November 12, 1943 in Auburn; 
9and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan first worked as a bookkeeper for 
11Aunt Hannah's Baby Shop; she and her husband began  farming in 
12Divernon before settling in Williamsville in 1959; she also 
13worked as a teller at Elkhart Bank for many years; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan was an active member of the 
15Williamsville United Methodist Church; she was an avid Scrabble 
16player and enjoyed ceramics and acrylics; she liked tending to 
17her flower-laden garden, baking chocolate chip cookies, and 
18being the seamstress for her grandchildren's Halloween 
19costumes; she was a member of 2 card clubs and played pinochle 
20for many years; and
  
 
21    WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan was preceded in death by her 
 
 
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1husband of 47 years, Charles; her daughter, Linda (Tom) Lysen; 
2her parents; and her sister, Isabelle (John) Mason; and
  
 
3    WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan is survived by her children, 
4Sharon (Patsy Cowsert) McMillan, Donald "Chuck" (Sue) 
5McMillan, and Carol (Harvey) Garecht; her grandchildren, Sarah 
6McMillan, Nicole (Richard) Sandidge, and Megan, Charles, and 
7Holly Garecht; her great-grandchildren, Lexi Reid, Chloe and 
8Madi Sandidge, and Sebastian "SJ" Casson; her brother, Stanley 
9"Mannie" (Barbara) Patrilla; her sister-in-law, Joan McMillan; 
10her brother-in-law, John (Bonnie) McMillan; and many nieces, 
11nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
14Dolores M. "Grandma Doe" McMillan, and extend our sincere 
15condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
16her; and be it further
  
 
17    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
18presented to the family of Dolores McMillan as an expression of 
19our deepest sympathy.