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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Thais S. Orr of McHenry, who passed away
4on November 7, 2015; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Thais Orr was born in Chicago on December 14, 1914
6to William and Marie (nee Groenemeyer) Schilling; she lived in
7Palatine before settling in Round Lake with her husband, Fred
8Kurz in 1936; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Thais Orr and her husband operated Kurz Machine
10Manufacturing in Round Lake for over 50 years; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Thais Orr loved music, playing the organ, and
12reading poetry; she was a devoted wife, loving mother,
13cherished grandmother, and doting great-grandmother; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Thais Orr was preceded in death by her parents;
15her husband, Fred Kurz; her sister, Dorothy Devermann; her
16son-in-law, Kenneth Adams; her granddaughter, Jane; her
17grandson, William; and her great-grandson, Lucas; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Thais Orr is survived by her two daughters, Joyce
19Adams and Joan (James) Adams; her 6 grandchildren, Jay Adams,
20Dennis (Kathy) Adams, Christopher (Kristy) Adams, Michael (Lee

 

 

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1Ann) Adams, David (Michelle) Adams, and Joyce (David) Fuller;
2her 15 great-grandchildren; and her 4
3great-great-grandchildren; 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
6Thais S. Orr, and extend our sincere condolences to her family,
7friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9presented to the family of Thais Orr as an expression of our
10deepest sympathy.