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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Barbara J. Burgess, who passed away on 
4October 19, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Barbara Burgess was born in Wood River on March 
611, 1935 to Edward Oscar and Helen Charlotte (nee Hinthorne) 
7Lindquist; she was formerly married to Charles G. Duckels; she 
8later married Gillum "Jim" Burgess in Meadowbrook; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Barbara Burgess was a secretary with the State of 
10Missouri; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Barbara Burgess was a member of Emmanuel Free 
12Methodist Church in Alton and was in involved in the Quilters 
13Circle at the church; she was a past member of the Eastern Star 
14in Chesterfield and the Christian Women's Club of Alton; she 
15loved spending time with her family and friends; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Barbara Burgess was preceded in death by her 
17husband, Jim; her parents; her aunt, Helen Lindquist; and her  
18nephew, Rob Pritzker; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Barbara Burgess is survived by her 2  sons and 
20their spouses, Dan and Gail Duckels and Dean and Julia Duckels; 
 
 
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1her grandchildren and their spouses, Amanda Duckels, David 
2Duckels, Whitney and Cory Brockmeyer, Lyndsay and Erik Casad, 
3and Julie and Danny Loftis; her 5 great-grandchildren, Tyson, 
4Tyra, Dalton, Cassie, and Easton; her 2 sisters and a 
5brother-in-law, Donna Pritzker and Sherri and Larry Rose; her  
6aunt, Catherine Pomeroy; and her nieces and nephews; therefore, 
7be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
9ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
10Barbara J. Burgess, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
11family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
12further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to  the family of  Barbara Burgess as an expression of 
15our deepest sympathy.