SR0267 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Catherine Gladys Martin of Carlyle, who passed away on April 27, 2013; and

WHEREAS, Catherine Martin was born on January 12, 1938, in Carlyle; her parents were William H. and Gladys V. Ross; she married Roger T. Wright, Sr. on May 5, 1956; she later married Cleve E. "Dip" Martin on June 3, 1994; and

WHEREAS, Catherine Martin was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Cleve; her sister, Shirley Yokem; and her brothers-in-law, Luther Ray Primm and Clifford Frank Yokem; and

WHEREAS, Catherine Martin is survived by her children, Teresa Jones and her husband, Rev. Robert, Roger Wright, Jr., Cynthia Vance and her husband, Vinny, and Angelia Gordon and her husband, Rowan Thompson; her grandchildren, R'Lee Jones, Ross Wright, Violet, Georgia, Becky, and Carly Vance, and Olivia Gordon; and her siblings, Alberta Primm, Bill Ross, and Agnes Gulley and her husband, Walter; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Catherine Gladys Martin; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Catherine Martin as an expression of our sympathy.