Full Text of SR0581 096th General Assembly
SR0581 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Evanell Williams of Litchfield, who | 4 |
| passed away on December 24, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Carrier Mills on June 2, 1925, the | 6 |
| daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Gee) Meler; she graduated | 7 |
| from Galatia High School in Galatia and from Business School in | 8 |
| Springfield; and
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| WHEREAS, During World War II she worked as a "Rosie the | 10 |
| Riveter" at a defense contracting plant in Evansville, Indiana; | 11 |
| she married Bennett J. "Ben" Williams on April 2, 1946 in | 12 |
| Henderson, Kentucky; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked for Dr. Butler, Durham Lumber Company, | 14 |
| and Woolworths, all in Harrisburg; she worked for WEPCO | 15 |
| Manufacturing in Litchfield; she worked as a sales clerk in | 16 |
| East St. Louis and St. Louis; and she retired from the Illinois | 17 |
| State Police District 18 in Litchfield after 30 years of | 18 |
| service; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of St. Timothy United Methodist | 20 |
| Church, Litchfield Zonta Club, and was a longtime volunteer for | 21 |
| the Red Cross Blood Bank, serving as the Coordinator for many |
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| years; she enjoyed fishing, hunting deer and wild turkey and | 2 |
| was a founding member of the National Wild Turkey Federation; | 3 |
| she also loved to travel and was actively involved with the | 4 |
| United Mine Workers of America District #12, along with her | 5 |
| husband; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her | 7 |
| sisters, Wilma Droit, Wanda Arnold, and Reba Brothers; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Evanell Williams is survived by her husband, Ben; | 9 |
| her son, James "Greg" (Susan); her daughter, Sandra Klein; her | 10 |
| brother, Sigel Meler; her grandchildren, Benjamin Fletcher and | 11 |
| Haley M. Williams; and her great-grandson, Tommy Abner; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Evanell Williams; and be | 16 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Evanell Williams as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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