Full Text of SR0455 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 Merrill K. Douglass of Woodstock, who | 4 | | passed away on March 16, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Merrill Douglass was born in Hebron Township on | 6 | | July 22, 1910 to Edwin and Emma (nee Boughton) Douglass; he | 7 | | married Delia Riemer on October 8, 1936 in Wisconsin; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Merrill Douglass was a dairy farmer; he farmed | 9 | | with his father from 1933 until going on his own in 1945; he | 10 | | worked his own farms in the Greenwood and Woodstock areas until | 11 | | 1958; he also did custodial work for Woodstock High School and | 12 | | then Dean Street School until retiring in 1975; he was | 13 | | instrumental in the creation of School District 10, which | 14 | | encompassed rural schools in the Woodstock area; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After his retirement, Merrill Douglass traveled | 16 | | extensively, visiting family and friends, and finally settled | 17 | | in Walworth Wisconsin for many years; he returned to Woodstock | 18 | | in 1984; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Merrill Douglass was preceded in death by his | 20 | | wife, Delia; his daughter, Ruth Freund; his grandson, Thomas | 21 | | Freund; his brothers, Leslie, Eugene, and Glenn; and his |
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| 1 | | sisters, Ethelin, Lorraine, and Eva Jane; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Merrill Douglass is survived by his children, | 3 | | Delbert Douglas (Marilyn Payne), Frederick (Elizabeth) | 4 | | Douglass, Janet (Jonathon) Douglass-Davis, John (Mary) | 5 | | Douglass, Rosemary (Barney) Alewine, and Richard (Jill) | 6 | | Douglass; his grandchildren, Valerie (Brian) Berryhill, Joyce | 7 | | Prickett, Donna Everett, Jerome (Sharon) Freund, Brenda Hills, | 8 | | Teri (Bruce) Marks, Michael (Claire) Douglass, Eileen Foreman, | 9 | | Daniel Douglass, Donna Lonza, Andrew (Kristen) Douglass, | 10 | | Jennifer Douglass, Michele Aavang (Ron Behrens), Catherine | 11 | | (Arlyn) Roush, Robert Aavang (Matthew Cieniewski), Thomas | 12 | | Douglass, Patrick Douglass, Ruth (Josh) Burt, Robin (Joseph) | 13 | | Schultz, Randall Alewine, Benjamin Douglass, and Kyle | 14 | | Douglass; his step-grandchildren, David Davis (Julie Casey), | 15 | | Matthew Davis, Brandon (Stacy) Davis, and Michelle (Jason) | 16 | | Deliso; his 44 great-grandchildren; his 13 | 17 | | great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Merrill K. Douglass, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Merrill Douglass as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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