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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Margaret Bertha "Peggy" Mansholt of
4Bunker Hill, who passed away on July 26, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Peggy Mansholt was born in Worden on November 3,
61927 to Alvin and Emma (nee Pieper) Henke; she married Earl
7Mansholt and together they farmed near Bunker Hill; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Peggy Mansholt worked for the United States Post
9Office in Bunker Hill for many years; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Peggy Mansholt was an active member of Zion
11Lutheran Church in Bunker Hill; she enjoyed traveling, social
12activities with friends, reading, and spending time with her
13children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Peggy Mansholt was preceded in death by her
15parents; her siblings, Dorothea Henke, Amanda Mansholt, and
16Alfred Henke; and her twin great-granddaughters, Felicity and
17Grace Benolkin; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Peggy Mansholt is survived by her children, Gerald
19Mansholt (Anita), Craig (Joan) Mansholt, and Barbara Welch
20Mansholt (Michael Welch); she had 7 grandchildren and 5

 

 

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1great-grandchildren, including, Paula Mansholt and daughters,
2Heather Moore and Britney Moore, Christa Mansholt-Choy (Manuel
3Choy) and daughters, Sydney and Elliot, Monica Benolkin (Scott)
4and daughter, Claire, Jennifer Martin (Art), Jonathan Mansholt
5(Carrie), Taylor Brien, and Bryce Brien; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
8Margaret Bertha "Peggy" Mansholt, and extend our sincere
9condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
10her; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of Peggy Mansholt as an expression of
13our deepest sympathy.