Full Text of HR0616 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Diane E. | 4 | | Wilkins, who passed away on October 12, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was born on December 22, 1946 in | 6 | | Aurora; her parents were Alvin Ray and Dorothy Evelyn (nee | 7 | | Hill) Niswander; she married Ted Wilkins on April 14, 1984 at | 8 | | Paulton Church of God; she attended school in Aurora and was a | 9 | | graduate of Aurora High School; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, During the Vietnam War, Diane Wilkins served her | 11 | | country by enlisting with the United States Army, where she | 12 | | worked as a surgical assistant in plastic surgery until her | 13 | | honorable discharge; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was a member of Marion Elks Club | 15 | | Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 800 and was made an | 16 | | honorary member of Marion VFW Heyde-Pillow Post 1301; she was | 17 | | also an honorary member of many other civic organizations; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was employed with the United States | 19 | | Postal Service as a rural mail carrier for many years; in the | 20 | | early 1990s, she began working for The Daily Republican | 21 | | newspaper in Marion as an inserter; she later became one of its |
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| 1 | | news reporters, a position she thoroughly enjoyed until her | 2 | | retirement in 2009; she met and spoke with many famous people | 3 | | during her career, including Presidents Ronald Reagan, George | 4 | | H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, and Lady | 5 | | Antebellum; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins enjoyed watching the news, spending | 7 | | time with her cats, and playing bingo; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was preceded in death by her parents | 9 | | and her husband, Ted Wilkins; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins is survived by her daughter and | 11 | | son-in-law, Jennifer L. and Darrell Calhoun; her son, Brian | 12 | | Rendleman; her 6 grandchildren; her beloved cat, Smokey; and | 13 | | her other extended family members and friends; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 17 | | Diane E. Wilkins; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Diane Wilkins as an expression of | 20 | | our sympathy.
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