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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Joyce Jacqueline Milliman of Crystal 
4Lake, who passed away on June 16, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Joyce Milliman was born in Hallock, Minnesota to 
6Elsie (Goetz) Gardiner and John Gardiner on June 19, 1944; she 
7enjoyed her early childhood on a farm in Orleans, Minnesota, 
8and as a teenager, lived in Grand Forks, North Dakota, where 
9she attended high school; she married Bob Milliman at St. 
10Mary's Church in Grand Forks  and they spent their first eight 
11years in the United States Air Force; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Joyce Milliman and her husband were foster parents 
13to numerous children; she was a teacher in the "Good News" 
14children's club, and home-schooled her youngest children 
15through middle school; her favorite song was  the Old Rugged 
16Cross; she collected dolls and angels, and was a very talented 
17seamstress; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Joyce Milliman was a member of Calvary Assembly of 
19God in Crystal Lake; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Joyce Milliman was preceded in death by her 
21parents; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Joyce Milliman is survived by her husband of 53 
2years, Bob; her daughters, Pam (Ben) Patterson and Jacqueline 
3(Paul) Muscia; her sons, Robert B. (Ann) Milliman, Mark 
4Milliman, and Samuel Milliman; her brother, George Gardiner; 
5her sisters, Marian (Gordy) Engen and Doris (Gardiner) Roy; and 
6numerous grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9Joyce Jacqueline Milliman, and extend our sincere condolences 
10to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be 
11it further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to  the family of  Joyce Milliman as an expression of 
14our deepest sympathy.