Full Text of SR0276 100th 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 Mary Lou Cousley of Alton, who passed | 4 | | away on February 24, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was born in St. Louis, Missouri | 6 | | to James and Jean (Handley) Williamson on July 11, 1940 and | 7 | | grew up in East St. Louis; she married Stephen A. Cousley on | 8 | | June 8, 1963 and they settled in Alton; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley taught second grade at Central | 10 | | School in Roxana; she coached the women's tennis team at Lewis | 11 | | and Clark Community College in Godfrey for nine years; she and | 12 | | her husband owned and managed Dormann's Gifts and Interiors in | 13 | | Alton for 16 years before she retired; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was an avid tennis player and | 15 | | golfer; she was a runner-up in the Boynton Beach Links Ladies | 16 | | Championship and had three holes-in-one; she excelled as a | 17 | | chef, party planner, and entertainer, and one of her "jobs" was | 18 | | DJ for the Social Committee at Colonial Ridge Club, where she | 19 | | spent her winters; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was a charter member of the Alton | 21 | | Marketplace and a member of the Junior League of Greater Alton; |
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| 1 | | she was involved with the Community Service League, P.E.O. | 2 | | Chapter IL, the Alton Children's Theatre, and the Jennie D. | 3 | | Hayner Library Board; she was a volunteer with many other | 4 | | agencies; she loved helping beautify Riverview Park and the | 5 | | Sunken Garden, and co-chairing the event known as the Duck | 6 | | Pluckers Ball, a fundraiser for Alton Memorial Hospital | 7 | | Foundation to purchase new ambulances; she was a longtime | 8 | | member of First Presbyterian Church, where she served as a | 9 | | deacon; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was preceded in death by her | 11 | | parents and her brother, Charles Williamson; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley is survived by her husband of 54 | 13 | | years, Steve; her daughter, Jean Cousley; her son, Mark (Mary) | 14 | | Cousley; her grandchildren, Chrysa Cousley, Alex Cousley, and | 15 | | Katie Cousley; and many other in-laws, cousins, nieces, and | 16 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Mary Lou Cousley, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Mary Lou Cousley as an expression of | 2 | | our deepest sympathy.
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