Full Text of SR0283 96th General Assembly
SR0283 96TH 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
Ruby J. Valentine of Washington, who | 4 |
| passed away on May 10, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Valentine was born on Dec. 26, 1929, in | 6 |
| Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; her parents were Vardie and Vera | 7 |
| (Wilson) Wilburn; she married J.C. Valentine on March 15, 1947 | 8 |
| in Florence, Alabama; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Valentine worked at the Hotel Pere Marquette | 10 |
| in Peoria for 30 years in laundry and housekeeping, where she | 11 |
| served as both a manager and a union steward; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Valentine was a member of Crossroads Baptist | 13 |
| Church in Peoria, where she was active with the Jolly 60s | 14 |
| group; in her later years, she attended Beverly Manor Baptist | 15 |
| Church in Washington; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Valentine served as a precinct judge in | 17 |
| Peoria County; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Ruby Valentine was preceded in death by her | 19 |
| husband; her infant son; and her granddaughter, Laura | 20 |
| Valentine; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Valentine is survived by her sons, Stan | 2 |
| (Sandy) Valentine and Christopher (Julie) Valentine; her | 3 |
| daughter, Linda (Tom) Abbott; her sisters, Marie Hodge, Melanie | 4 |
| Gray, and Grace (Harold) Pugh; her brother, Ray (Ginger) | 5 |
| Wilburn; her grandchildren, Kelly (Larry) Green, Phil (Toni) | 6 |
| Abbott, Jason Valentine, Doug Valentine, Samantha Valentine, | 7 |
| and Jack Valentine; her great-grandchildren, Erica Bartsch, | 8 |
| Adam Green, Tiffany Abbott, and Cassidy Abbott; and her | 9 |
| great-great-grandson, James Daniel Bartsch; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Ruby J. Valentine; and | 13 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Ruby Valentine as an expression of | 16 |
| our sympathy.
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