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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Donna Jean Brookhart of Peoria, who
4passed away on November 7, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Donna Brookhart was born in Peoria on December 13,
61938 to Robert and Irene (nee Stenger) Carroll; she graduated
7from Brimfield High School; she received her bachelor's degree
8from Marycrest College in Davenport, Iowa and her master's
9degree from Bradley University; she married Dr. Gerald M.
10Brookhart on August 6, 1960; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Donna Brookhart was the Department Chair and
12taught home economics at Illinois Valley Central High School,
13retiring in 2001; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Donna Brookhart was preceded in death by her
15parents and her sister, Pat Wilkinson; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Donna Brookhart is survived by her husband,
17Gerald; her daughters, Debbie (Levi) Blair, Susan Canty, Katie
18(Paul) Coogan, and Tracy (Steve) Smith; her grandchildren,
19Ryan, Erin, Charlie, and Jack Coogan, Matthew, Maddie, Ben, and
20Timmy Canty, and Riley, Ellen, and Anna Smith; her siblings,
21Gerald (Linda) Carroll, Betty (Bob) Gorman, and Richard

 

 

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1(Caroll) Carroll; her special friend, Jacquie Berg; her 2
2aunts; several nieces and nephews; and a host of domino, bridge
3club, and neighborhood friends; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
6Donna Jean Brookhart, and extend our sincere condolences to her
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to the family of Donna Brookhart as an expression of
11our deepest sympathy.