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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Debra Sue Johnson of Springfield, who
4passed away on January 24, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Debra Johnson was born in Springfield to Wilkins
6and Pauline Frances Cox Barbee on November 5, 1957; she
7graduated from Springfield High School in 1975 and married Jeff
8W. Johnson in Springfield on August 23, 1980; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Debra Johnson worked on the Illinois Senate
10Republican Staff as a secretary and legislative assistant for
11members of the General Assembly; she retired after 33 years of
12dedicated service in 2012; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Debra Johnson was a member of St. John's Lutheran
14Church in Springfield; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Debra Johnson was preceded in death by her parents
16and her brother, Harold Eugene Barbee; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Debra Johnson is survived by her husband, Jeff;
18her 2 sons, Christopher William (Julie Ann) Johnson and David
19Scott Johnson; her brother, Dr. Charles Leroy (Margaret)
20Barbee; her sister, Sharon Kay (Jeffrey) Beierman; and her

 

 

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1sister-in-law, Joanne Barbee; therefore, be it
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
4Debra Sue Johnson, and extend our sincere condolences to her
5family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
6further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of Debra Johnson as an expression of
9our deepest sympathy.