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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Mary L. Sowerby of Thayer, who passed
4 away on March 3, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mary L. Sowerby was born on April 23, 1914 in
6 Thayer; she was the daughter of John G. and Anna M. Cibulka
7 Gazda; she married George H. Sowerby on June 4, 1938 in Virden;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mary L. Sowerby was a former waitress at Maggie's
10 Restaurant in Thayer; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mary L. Sowerby was a member of Sacred Heart
12 Church in Virden; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mary L. Sowerby was preceded in death by her
14 parents; her husband; her daughter, Joyce Lee Sowerby; her
15 sisters, Ann Giese and Lillian Gazda; and her brother, John
16 Gazda; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mary L. Sowerby is survived by her daughter, Linda
18 Mae Miller; her brother, Louis C. Gazda; her sister, Lucille
19 Spring; her two grandsons; her great-granddaughter; and her
20 many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Mary L. Sowerby; and be
4 it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Mary L. Sowerby as an expression of
7 our sympathy.