Full Text of SR0800 101st 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 Christal Elaine Dagit of Pekin, who | 4 | | passed away on September 5, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit was born in Peoria to Merle Robert | 6 | | and Charlotte Elizabeth Kay (Allwardt) Miller on April 10, | 7 | | 1943; she attended Illinois Central College, Midstate Business | 8 | | College, Bradley University, and the National Genealogical | 9 | | Society Continuing Education School; she married Russel Roy | 10 | | Dagit in Peoria on September 4, 1966; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit worked as a licensed real estate | 12 | | sales agent for many years, retiring in 2005; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit was a historical researcher and | 14 | | consultant and was honored for her work with numerous | 15 | | recognitions from Tazewell County and the State of Illinois; | 16 | | she was the founding member and first president of the Tazewell | 17 | | County Historic Places Society in 1997 and was the first | 18 | | director of the Tazewell County Museum and Educational Center, | 19 | | which officially opened in Pekin in 2003; she was president of | 20 | | the French Heritage Corridor, president of the Historic Fagotte | 21 | | Cemetery Association, a regional director with the Illinois War | 22 | | of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, Tazewell County Commissioner |
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| 1 | | for the Abraham Lincoln Commission, and Tazewell County | 2 | | Commissioner of the Illinois River Heritage Commission from | 3 | | 2001 to 2004; she authored three books, two of which are in the | 4 | | Library of Congress and have been donated to the Tazewell | 5 | | County Genealogical & Historical Society; she also enjoyed | 6 | | researching and writing the Dagit Family History; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit was a member and past president of | 8 | | the Pekin Woman's Club and held memberships in the William | 9 | | Schaefer American Legion Post 44 Ladies Auxiliary, the Peoria | 10 | | Woman's Club, the Midwest Soarring Foundation, and the Red Hat | 11 | | Society; she also served on the Save James Field Committee; she | 12 | | was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Pekin and the | 13 | | Bethlehem Society; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit enjoyed art, especially oil | 15 | | painting, and won numerous ribbons for her artwork; in her | 16 | | leisure, she also enjoyed embroidery, crocheting, and reading; | 17 | | she loved traveling the United States, especially seeing the | 18 | | western mountains and historic sites; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit was preceded in death by her | 20 | | husband, Russel; her parents; her sisters, Marilyn Siepert and | 21 | | Sally Spring; her brother, Daniel John Miller; and one niece; | 22 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Christal Dagit is survived by five nieces and | 2 | | nephews; her stepsons, Roy (Debbie) and Everett (Sheila) Dagit; | 3 | | her stepdaughter, Marnie Linda (Tommy) Lively; 11 | 4 | | step-grandchildren; and 16 step-great-grandchildren; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Christal Elaine Dagit and extend our sincere condolences to her | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Christal Dagit as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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