Full Text of SR0619 95th General Assembly
SR0619 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Dora Mikoff-Markel of Alton, who passed | 4 |
| away on March 27, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was born on March 30, 1930 in | 6 |
| Alton; she was the daughter of Lee and Grace (Field) Whiteside; | 7 |
| she married Roscoe Russell Mikoff Sr. on June 30, 1947 in | 8 |
| Alton; he preceded her in death in 1992; she married Art Markel | 9 |
| on July 16, 2005 in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel owned and operated Dorrie's | 11 |
| Home Cafe for eight years, Moderne Beauty Salon for 11 years, | 12 |
| and worked at the snack counter at Bowl Haven for 11 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was an avid bowler and loved to | 14 |
| cook for her family and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was the amazing mother of four | 16 |
| children; Roscoe Mikoff Jr. and his wife, Rosie, Nick Mikoff | 17 |
| and his wife, Barb, Karen Dorris and her husband, Terry, and | 18 |
| Susan Weaver and her husband, Garry; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was preceded in death by her | 20 |
| parents; her first husband; her brother, Don Whiteside; and her |
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| sisters, Mary Fleming, Betty DeRoy and Viola Schlobaum; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel is survived by her | 3 |
| grandchildren, Kara Greenwood (Matt), Aaron Mikoff (Emily | 4 |
| Vetter), Michael Mikoff, Andrew and Kelly Dorris, and John and | 5 |
| David Weaver; her great-grandchildren, Kara Vetter, Sophia and | 6 |
| Alaina Greenwood, and Nathan and David Mikoff; and her brother, | 7 |
| Leroy Whiteside and his wife, Gloria; she was also blessed by | 8 |
| Art Markel's surviving children, Vicky and Jim Swinney, Marie | 9 |
| and Ron Daube, and Carla and Al Pranaitis; and Art Markel's six | 10 |
| grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and 12 | 11 |
| great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Dora Mikoff-Markel; and | 15 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Dora Mikoff-Markel as an expression | 18 |
| of our sympathy.
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