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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Dolores M. "Grandma Doe" McMillan of | ||||||
| 4 | Williamsville, who passed away on November 2, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan was born in Auburn on May 27, | ||||||
| 6 | 1923 to Stanley and Matilda (nee Maggs) Patrilla; she attended | ||||||
| 7 | Auburn schools and moved to Springfield after graduation; she | ||||||
| 8 | married Charles "Bub" McMillan on November 12, 1943 in Auburn; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan first worked as a bookkeeper for | ||||||
| 11 | Aunt Hannah's Baby Shop; she and her husband began farming in | ||||||
| 12 | Divernon before settling in Williamsville in 1959; she also | ||||||
| 13 | worked as a teller at Elkhart Bank for many years; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan was an active member of the | ||||||
| 15 | Williamsville United Methodist Church; she was an avid Scrabble | ||||||
| 16 | player and enjoyed ceramics and acrylics; she liked tending to | ||||||
| 17 | her flower-laden garden, baking chocolate chip cookies, and | ||||||
| 18 | being the seamstress for her grandchildren's Halloween | ||||||
| 19 | costumes; she was a member of 2 card clubs and played pinochle | ||||||
| 20 | for many years; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan was preceded in death by her | ||||||
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| 1 | husband of 47 years, Charles; her daughter, Linda (Tom) Lysen; | ||||||
| 2 | her parents; and her sister, Isabelle (John) Mason; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Dolores McMillan is survived by her children, | ||||||
| 4 | Sharon (Patsy Cowsert) McMillan, Donald "Chuck" (Sue) | ||||||
| 5 | McMillan, and Carol (Harvey) Garecht; her grandchildren, Sarah | ||||||
| 6 | McMillan, Nicole (Richard) Sandidge, and Megan, Charles, and | ||||||
| 7 | Holly Garecht; her great-grandchildren, Lexi Reid, Chloe and | ||||||
| 8 | Madi Sandidge, and Sebastian "SJ" Casson; her brother, Stanley | ||||||
| 9 | "Mannie" (Barbara) Patrilla; her sister-in-law, Joan McMillan; | ||||||
| 10 | her brother-in-law, John (Bonnie) McMillan; and many nieces, | ||||||
| 11 | nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Dolores M. "Grandma Doe" McMillan, and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 15 | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
| 16 | her; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Dolores McMillan as an expression of | ||||||
| 19 | our deepest sympathy.
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