Full Text of SR0224 94th General Assembly
SR0224 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Orr of Perry passed away on May 14, | 3 |
| 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Orr was born August 7, 1920, in Chambersburg, | 5 |
| the daughter of the late Clarence Thomas and Miriam Dennis | 6 |
| Browning; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Ralph J. Orr on August 7, 1938, in | 8 |
| Chambersburg; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a 1938 graduate of Chambersburg High | 10 |
| School in Chambersburg; and
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| WHEREAS, She farmed alongside her husband northwest of | 12 |
| Perry for many years; she also aided her husband in the running | 13 |
| of their farm machinery business in Perry; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Orr, along with her husband and | 15 |
| father-in-law, Ralph Orr, were former owners of land which | 16 |
| became the University of Illinois Orr Research Center; she was | 17 |
| currently serving in her 20th consecutive year as Trustee of | 18 |
| John Wood Community College, as well as serving several years | 19 |
| on the John Wood Ag Committee; she also served on the board of | 20 |
| directors of the Farmer's & Traders State Bank in Meredosia; | 21 |
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| WHEREAS, She was an active elder in the Perry Presbyterian | 23 |
| Church and was an elder in the Fairmount Presbyterian Church | 24 |
| until it closed; she was commissioner to the Presbytery of | 25 |
| Great Rivers and also taught the adult class of the | 26 |
| Presbyterian Sunday School; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of the Pittsfield O.E.S., Pike | 28 |
| County Country Couples, Fairmount Home Extension, Women's Club |
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| of Pike County, and the Ladies Guild of the Perry Presbyterian | 2 |
| Church; she was very active in the Perry community and was the | 3 |
| 1998 Perry Pioneer Day Honored Citizen; and
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| WHEREAS, She traveled extensively worldwide and was an avid | 5 |
| reader; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, her | 7 |
| husband, her daughter, Kay Ellen Orr, and her | 8 |
| great-granddaughter, Ashley Fencik; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Ellen Orr is felt by all who | 10 |
| knew and loved her, especially her daughter, Patricia Gail | 11 |
| Emerson and husband Richard; her sons, David Jeffrey Orr and | 12 |
| wife Janet, John Michael Orr and wife Kay, and Roger Alan Orr | 13 |
| and wife Kathi; her special granddaughter, Cindy Orr Moore and | 14 |
| husband Douglas; her 10 additional grandchildren; her 4 | 15 |
| step-grandchildren; her 13 great-grandchildren and 5 | 16 |
| step-great-grandchildren; her 3 great-great grandchildren; her | 17 |
| special friend and companion, Elmer Bradbury; her sister, Sarah | 18 |
| Harriet Brooks; her brothers, Clarence John Browning and wife | 19 |
| Shirley and David Harvey Browning; and her several nieces, | 20 |
| nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 22 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 |
| Mary Ellen Orr and extend our sincerest condolences to her | 24 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 27 |
| sympathy.
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