Full Text of SR0898 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 Nelle Rose Rasmus of Loda, who passed | 4 | | away on August 23, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nelle Rasmus was born near Paxton on March 10, | 6 | | 1930 to William Burns and Ethel Picket (nee Wilson) Young; she | 7 | | married Delmar Vernon Rasmus on December 10, 1948 at the Paxton | 8 | | Church of Christ; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Nelle Rasmus worked for 30 years at Terry's Auto | 10 | | Supply and Terry's Ford Mercury as the office manager and | 11 | | bookkeeper; prior to that, she worked for 11 years at C.E. | 12 | | Healey and Son in Loda; after retirement, she and her husband | 13 | | purchased a home in Tavares, Florida; they spent the winters in | 14 | | Florida as snowbirds and the summers in Illinois; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Nelle Rasmus was a longtime member of the Iroquois | 16 | | Unit 503, Loda American Legion Auxiliary, where she held many | 17 | | offices and committee chairmanships; she was also a member of | 18 | | the Iroquois Salon 667 of the "8 & 40", serving as Chapeau | 19 | | (President) and Cassiere (Treasurer); she was a member of the | 20 | | Iroquois Republican Women, serving on the election board, and | 21 | | was a Trustee on the Loda Village Board for a time; she sat on | 22 | | the Le Chateau Villa Association Board of Tavares, Florida, |
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| 1 | | where she held many offices; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Nelle Rasmus enjoyed people and loved to engage in | 3 | | conversation; one of her favorite topics was politics; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Nelle Rasmus was preceded in death by her husband, | 5 | | Delmar; her parents; her 2 sisters, Betty Mabis and Margaret | 6 | | Holbrook; and her 2 brothers, Kendall and William "Bill" Young; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Nelle Rasmus is survived by her 2 sons, Kevin (Lee | 9 | | Ann) Rasmus and Keith (Julia) Rasmus; her 3 grandchildren; and | 10 | | her brother, Robert (Sue) Young; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Nelle Rose Rasmus, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Nelle Rasmus as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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