Full Text of SR0894 94th General Assembly
SR0894 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to extend | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of | 4 |
| Gwendoline "Gwenn" I. Smiley of Springfield, who passed away on | 5 |
| November 13, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Gwendoline Smiley was born on May 15, 1924, in | 7 |
| Plymouth, England; her parents were Albert and Lillian Kelly | 8 |
| Pearse; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Virgil "Jack" Smiley in Plymouth, | 10 |
| England in 1943; she came to the United States in 1946 and | 11 |
| became a U.S. citizen in 1947; and
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| WHEREAS, Gwendoline Smiley served in the British Navy, | 13 |
| Army, and Air Force Institute during World War II; she worked | 14 |
| at Bressmers and Luers Shoes, as well as being a homemaker; and
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| WHEREAS, Gwendoline Smiley was a member of the First United | 16 |
| Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Gwendoline Smiley is survived by her husband, | 18 |
| Jack; her sons, Brian (wife, Joan) Smiley, and Russell (wife, | 19 |
| Michelle) Smiley; her daughters, Janet (husband, Robert) Karr, | 20 |
| Lynda (husband, Paul) Bridges, and Paula (husband, Hal) | 21 |
| Kitchen; her 10 grandchildren; and her 15 great-grandchildren; | 22 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 24 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 25 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Gwendoline Smiley; and | 26 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 28 |
| presented to the family of Gwendoline Smiley.
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