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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Donna V. Mitchell of McHenry, who passed
4away on July 14, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell was born in Elkhart, Indiana on
6February 20, 1933 to Alexander and Veronica (nee Galarowicz)
7MacLean and was raised in Dover, Ohio and later Chicago; she
8married William James Mitchell, Jr. in 1951 and they settled in
9Chicago; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell and her husband moved to Sunnyside
11in 1971, where she worked as a full-time school bus driver for
12Districts 15 and 156 in McHenry; she then entered the law
13enforcement field and served as the Village of Sunnyside Police
14Chief for 8 years; after her stint in law enforcement, she
15returned to the school district as a bus driver, where she
16enjoyed a career totaling over 30 years of service; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell enjoyed playing bingo, doing
18pencil drawings, and most of all, being a doting grandmother
19and great-grandmother; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell was preceded in death by her
21parents; her husband, William James Mitchell, Jr.; her twin

 

 

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1brother, Donald; her other brothers, Earl, James, Peter, Frank,
2and Gerald MacLean; and her sisters, June Viverito, Loretta
3Anderson, and Veronica Forstrom; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell is survived by her 5 children,
5Donna "Cathie" (Arthur) Keefer, Rikki (Lisa) Mitchell, Karen
6(James) Walker, William (Mandy) Mitchell, and Steven (Carol)
7Kohon; her 18 grandchildren, Vern Keefer, Tim (Kim) Keefer, Tom
8(Mandy) Keefer, Michelle (Darren Culvey) Lender, Tammy (Ken)
9Peltier, Jennifer (Randall) Busack, Melisa Fenske, Angie
10(Tani) Ojeda, Jacquelinn (Frank Visconti) Mitchell, Yavon
11Walker, Jimi Walker, William Mitchell, IV, Alexander Mitchell,
12Alexis Mitchell, Jessica Mitchell, and Riley Mitchell; and many
13great-grandchildren who called her "GG"; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
16Donna V. Mitchell, and extend our sincere condolences to her
17family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
18further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the family of Donna Mitchell as an expression of
21our deepest sympathy.