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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Mary B. "Penny" Bazzell of Alton, who 
4passed away on August 29, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Bazzell was born on July 5, 1949 in Alton; 
6her parents were Leonard J. and Marie M. (nee Blessent) Gross; 
7and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Mary Bazzell was employed with Norfolk-Southern 
9Railways for 42 years; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Mary Bazzell was a member of St. Mary's Catholic 
11Church in Alton; she also volunteered and did charity work for 
12Catholic Charities and Haskell House; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Mary Bazzell enjoyed collecting art by local 
14artists, gardening, reading, traveling to new places, great 
15movies, and spending time with her family and friends; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Mary Bazzell is preceded in death by her parents; 
173 siblings, Jacelynn Lennette, John Gross, and William J. 
18Gross; a brother-in-law, Charles Bohn; and a daughter, Katie 
19Bazzell; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Mary Bazzell is survived by 3 siblings, Kay 
2(Richard) Cary, James L. (Kay) Gross, and Barbara "Bunny" Bohn, 
3and her many nieces, nephews, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
6family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary B. "Penny" 
7Bazzell; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
9presented to the family of Mary Bazzell as an expression of our 
10sympathy.