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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Dorothy Irene Sherman of Gillespie, who
4passed away on August 27, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was born in Gillespie to George
6and Tena (Harms) Weidner on November 26, 1921; she married Roy
7S. "Sadie" Sherman in Edwardsville on October 18, 1947; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was a business woman in Gillespie
9for 75 years; she and her husband started SuperBowl of
10Gillespie in 1959; they also founded the Knights Inn Motel in
111975; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was a member of United Methodist
13Women, the United States Bowling Congress, and Royal Neighbors;
14and
 
15    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was preceded in death by her
16parents; her husband, Roy; her son, Robert D. Sherman; her
17sister, Aurela Weidner; and her brother, Harold Weidner; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman is survived by her son, Roy W.
19(Vicki) Sherman; her daughter-in-law, Betty Sherman; her
20grandchildren, Kerri (Kent) Frensko, Brad Sherman (Tiffany

 

 

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1Spudich), Robert (Elise) Sherman, and Brian (Dominique)
2Sherman; and her great-grandchildren, Brock Sherman, Dylan
3Frensko, CJ Frensko, and Rowan Spudich-Sherman; therefore, be
4it
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
7Dorothy Irene Sherman, and extend our sincere condolences to
8her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
9further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to the family of Dorothy Sherman as an expression of
12our deepest sympathy.