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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Virginia Shirley "Babe" Meyer of Fox 
4Lake, who passed away on June 7, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was born in Chicago on April 28, 
61930 to George and Mamie (nee Andersen) Behr; she married 
7Richard "Dick" Meyer in November of 1950; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer and her husband both retired from 
9the United States Post Office, she as a clerk and he as a 
10mailman; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was active in her community, 
12playing bridge and bocce, attending theater productions, and 
13taking casino trips; she also shared many wild and crazy 
14weekends with her "Poker Girls"; she and her husband spent 
15several years wintering in Jensen Beach, Florida; she would go 
16anywhere for fireworks or a Brandy Manhattan; she also loved 
17the water - from the ocean to Pleasant Lake, Wisconsin and 
18Baldwin Lake, Michigan; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was affectionately known by her 
20great-grandchildren as "GiGi"; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was preceded in death by her 
2parents; her husband, Richard; her brother, George; and her 3 
3sisters, Evelyn, Ruth, and Betty; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer is survived by her children, Nancy 
5(Michael) Schirott, Richard (Nancy) Meyer, Barbara (Ronald) 
6Jaski, Susan (Roger) Vosmik, and Jacqueline (David) Rosenthal; 
7her 8 grandchildren; her 9 great-grandchildren; her 
8sister-in-love, Carole (Ronald) Dizillo; and many nieces and 
9nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
12Virginia Shirley "Babe" Meyer, and extend our sincere 
13condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved 
14her; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to  the family of  Virginia Meyer as an expression of 
17our deepest sympathy.