Full Text of SR0930 94th General Assembly
SR0930 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the passing of Margaret Ann Welch on | 4 |
| January 4, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Ann Welch was born on January 16, 1938 in | 6 |
| Christiansberg, West Virginia to Walter Evans and Elizabeth | 7 |
| Dobbins; she was raised by her grandmother, Hattie Dobbins; and
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| WHEREAS, While growing up in Christiansberg, she was | 9 |
| baptized at Rufand Ready Baptist Church and sang in the choir; | 10 |
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| WHEREAS, Following the passing of her grandmother, | 12 |
| Margaret Ann moved to Gary, West Virginia and later to | 13 |
| Anniston, Alabama; she attended Cobb High School where she met | 14 |
| Leon Welch, who became her husband for 49 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon and Margaret Welch relocated to Chicago in | 16 |
| 1958; soon after they welcomed their daughters, Lisa Darlene | 17 |
| and Kathryn Virginia; and
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| WHEREAS, For more than 20 years, Mrs. Welch worked as a | 19 |
| trainer at Spiegel's; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, In 1976, Mrs. Welch attended St. Ethelreda Church | 21 |
| where she converted to Catholicism and was an active member for | 22 |
| more than 30 years; she later worked as a secretary for St. | 23 |
| Ethelreda parish for more than 25 years, retiring in January | 24 |
| 2005; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Margaret Ann Welch has been deeply | 26 |
| felt by many, especially her daughters, Lisa Welch (Dwight | 27 |
| Austin), and Kathryn Virginia Welch; her brother, John | 28 |
| Bradford, Jr.; her grandson, Dwight Leander Austin; her aunt, |
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| Beatrice Wars; her cousin, Laura Byrd; and a host of extended | 2 |
| family and close friends; she was preceded in death by her | 3 |
| husband, Leon Welch and her mother, Elizabeth Bradford; | 4 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 6 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 |
| Margaret Ann Welch, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her | 8 |
| family, her friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution presented | 11 |
| to her family as an expression of our sincerest condolences.
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