Full Text of SR0783 95th General Assembly
SR0783 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
Virginia May Gambill of Peoria, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 8, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was born in Detroit, Michigan on | 6 |
| November 1, 1926; her parents were Glenn and Sylvia Cieslewicz | 7 |
| Stevens; she married Robert Floyd Gambill on June 16, 1956 in | 8 |
| Detroit; and
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| WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill graduated with a bachelor's | 10 |
| degree from Michigan State University and received a master's | 11 |
| degree from Wayne State University; she performed her residency | 12 |
| at the University of Kansas; and
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| WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was employed as an | 14 |
| administrative dietitian at the Evangelical Deaconess Hospital | 15 |
| in Cleveland, Ohio from 1956 to 1969 and at the University of | 16 |
| Illinois in Chicago in 1970, where she also taught dietary; she | 17 |
| was also employed at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee from 1976 | 18 |
| until 1995, when she retired in Peoria; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was a member of the Beta Sigma | 20 |
| Phi Sorority, the Professional Business Woman's Club, Zonta | 21 |
| International, and numerous Masonic affiliations, including |
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| White Shrine, where she was past worthy high priestess, the | 2 |
| Order of Eastern Star, where she was past worthy matron, | 3 |
| Amaranth, and Pythian Sisters; she was also a devoted member of | 4 |
| Second Baptist Church in Peoria; and
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| WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill was preceded in death by her | 6 |
| husband and her brother, Gerald Stevens; and
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| WHEREAS, Virginia Gambill is survived by her son, Blair | 8 |
| (Brenda) Gambill; and her granddaughters, Brooke, Breck, and | 9 |
| Blakelynn; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Virginia Gambill; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Virginia Gambill as an expression of | 16 |
| our sympathy.
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