Full Text of SR0445 99th 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 Mabel Rosetta Kinser Cole, who passed | 4 | | away on April 17, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mabel Cole was born on August 16, 1910 east of | 6 | | Virden; her parents were John Michael and Ellen Otey Kinser; | 7 | | she married George Allen Cole on April 5, 1931 at her parents' | 8 | | home west of Greenfield; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mabel Cole moved to Greenfield at the age of 9; | 10 | | after graduating from Greenfield High School in 1928, she | 11 | | attended 6 weeks of training at Illinois State Teachers College | 12 | | in Normal and began teaching in a one-room country school; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mabel Cole led 4-H clubs, taught Sunday school | 14 | | classes, and was actively involved in the Home Bureau while | 15 | | raising her children; she then resumed teaching school by | 16 | | accepting the position to teach Head Start in Nilwood; she | 17 | | later taught at schools in Girard and Palmyra; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mabel Cole was an avid reader a writer of poems, | 19 | | prose, and short stories; she also loved writing contest | 20 | | entries and won several prizes, including a trip to the New | 21 | | York World's Fair, while a member of the Springfield Contest |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, In 1991, Mabel Cole was honored by Lt. Governor | 3 | | Corinne Wood with the Illinois Woman of Achievement Award; she | 4 | | was also inducted into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame in 2007 | 5 | | and was the last surviving founding member of the Silver | 6 | | Strands Senior Citizens Center in Palmyra; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, As a child, Mabel Cole attended Wesley Chapel | 8 | | Church east of Virden; she later attended Greenfield First | 9 | | Baptist Church, where she held membership throughout her life; | 10 | | and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Mabel Cole was preceded in death by her parents; | 12 | | her husband; 2 brothers, Guy and Lynn Kinser; a sister, Floy | 13 | | Kinser Chapman; and a grandson, Jonathan Vial; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mabel Cole and her husband were the parents of 4 | 15 | | children, David (Shirley), Gale (Joy), Nancy Vial, and Kendall | 16 | | (Charlot); they also had 13 grandchildren, 33 | 17 | | great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-grandchildren; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 21 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Mabel Rosetta Kinser |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Mabel Cole as an expression of our | 4 | | sympathy.
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