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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Vivian G. Smith of Harvard, who passed 
4away on May 31, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Vivian Smith was born on July 24, 1925 in 
6Belvidere; her parents were William and Gladys Armbruster; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Vivian Smith was a bookkeeper and a farmer; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Vivian Smith was a member of the Veterans of 
9Foreign Wars Auxiliary for many years; she was also a member of 
10St. John United Church of Christ in Belvidere and the Women of 
11the Moose in Harvard; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Vivian Smith enjoyed spending time with her 
13grandchildren and great-grandchildren, cards, puzzles, flower 
14gardening, and bird watching; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Vivian Smith was preceded in death by her parents; 
16her husband, Merle; her brothers, William, Robert, and John 
17Armbruster; and an infant sister; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Vivian Smith is survived by her children, Dona 
19(Darryll) Russell, Wayne (Elaine) Smith, and Dale (Connie) 
 
 
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1Smith; her grandchildren, Angela Nicol, Brian Russell, Ryan 
2Russell, Kristina (Chrisopher) Nacke, Stephanie Smith, Shawna 
3Smith, Crystal (Brace) Weeks, and Ashley (Wesley) Firlick; and 
4her great-grandchildren, Elyanna and Paxton Nicol, Jeremiah 
5Russell, Brookelynn and Katelynn Weeks, and Conner, Olivia, and 
6Avery Firlick; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
9family and friends, mourn the passing of Vivian G. Smith; and 
10be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to the family of Vivian Smith as an expression of our 
13sympathy.