Full Text of SR0817 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 Donna V. Mitchell of McHenry, who passed | 4 | | away on July 14, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell was born in Elkhart, Indiana on | 6 | | February 20, 1933 to Alexander and Veronica (nee Galarowicz) | 7 | | MacLean and was raised in Dover, Ohio and later Chicago; she | 8 | | married William James Mitchell, Jr. in 1951 and they settled in | 9 | | Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell and her husband moved to Sunnyside | 11 | | in 1971, where she worked as a full-time school bus driver for | 12 | | Districts 15 and 156 in McHenry; she then entered the law | 13 | | enforcement field and served as the Village of Sunnyside Police | 14 | | Chief for 8 years; after her stint in law enforcement, she | 15 | | returned to the school district as a bus driver, where she | 16 | | enjoyed a career totaling over 30 years of service; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell enjoyed playing bingo, doing | 18 | | pencil drawings, and most of all, being a doting grandmother | 19 | | and great-grandmother; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell was preceded in death by her | 21 | | parents; her husband, William James Mitchell, Jr.; her twin |
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| 1 | | brother, Donald; her other brothers, Earl, James, Peter, Frank, | 2 | | and Gerald MacLean; and her sisters, June Viverito, Loretta | 3 | | Anderson, and Veronica Forstrom; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Donna Mitchell is survived by her 5 children, | 5 | | Donna "Cathie" (Arthur) Keefer, Rikki (Lisa) Mitchell, Karen | 6 | | (James) Walker, William (Mandy) Mitchell, and Steven (Carol) | 7 | | Kohon; her 18 grandchildren, Vern Keefer, Tim (Kim) Keefer, Tom | 8 | | (Mandy) Keefer, Michelle (Darren Culvey) Lender, Tammy (Ken) | 9 | | Peltier, Jennifer (Randall) Busack, Melisa Fenske, Angie | 10 | | (Tani) Ojeda, Jacquelinn (Frank Visconti) Mitchell, Yavon | 11 | | Walker, Jimi Walker, William Mitchell, IV, Alexander Mitchell, | 12 | | Alexis Mitchell, Jessica Mitchell, and Riley Mitchell; and many | 13 | | great-grandchildren who called her "GG"; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Donna V. Mitchell, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Donna Mitchell as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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