Full Text of SR0393 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Sylvia Fites, who passed away on May 6, | 4 | | 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Fites was born in Cape Town, South Africa, | 6 | | on July 5, 1926; she married Donald V. Fites on June 25, 1960; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Fites graduated from Paarl Business School | 9 | | in 1944 and was employed by the Imperial Chemical Company until | 10 | | 1962; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Fites lived in Peoria from 1968 to 1970, | 12 | | 1975 to 1979, and 1982 to 2004; she accompanied her husband | 13 | | during assignments in Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Fites was a member of the First United | 16 | | Methodist Church in Peoria; she and her husband participated in | 17 | | First United Methodist charitable and missionary initiatives | 18 | | and the faith-based work of the Salvation Army; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Fites was preceded in death by her parents; | 20 | | her brother, Lionel Dempsey; and her sister, Olga Lilley; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Sylvia Fites is survived by her husband, Donald; | 2 | | her daughter, Linda Reed; and her grandchildren, Donald, | 3 | | Rachel, and Robbie; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | her family and friends, the passing of Sylvia Fites; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Sylvia Fites as an expression of our | 10 | | sympathy.
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