Full Text of SR1471 99th 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 Mercedes "Nora" Atteberry of Champaign, | 4 | | who passed away on January 11, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mercedes Atteberry was born in Detroit, Michigan | 6 | | to Ignacio and Yvonne
DesRouches Hernandez on July 25, 1930; | 7 | | she married Frank Atteberry at Old St. Mary's Catholic Church | 8 | | in Chicago on August 9,
1947; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mercedes Atteberry was a homemaker; her family was | 10 | | her
vocation and the source of her greatest joy; she was a | 11 | | dedicated wife, mother,
grandmother, and great-grandmother;
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mercedes Atteberry was a devout Roman Catholic; | 14 | | she never wavered in her faith and held a strong
devotion to | 15 | | Our Lady of Guadalupe; she was a member of St. Matthew Catholic | 16 | | Parish in
Champaign and gave generously to many Catholic | 17 | | charities and missions; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Mercedes Atteberry was a prolific reader of | 19 | | mysteries and biographies and was an avid follower
of politics; | 20 | | she enjoyed traveling to Mexico with her sisters to visit their | 21 | | father
and extended family in Zamora, Michoacan; she spent many |
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as a Girl Scout leader and a Cub Scout | 2 | | leader and in many capacities at
Robeson Elementary School in | 3 | | Champaign; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mercedes Atteberry was preceded in death by her | 5 | | parents; her husband of 44 years, Frank; her infant son, Tommy;
| 6 | | her 3 sisters, Teresa Hernandez, Rose Gauss, and Mary Crowder; | 7 | | her brother,
Albert Hernandez; and her infant granddaughter, | 8 | | Megan Kelly; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mercedes Atteberry is survived by her 2 daughters, | 10 | | Suzie (Tim) Conley and
Cindy (Mike) Kelly; her 4 sons, David | 11 | | (Erin) Atteberry,
Danny (Jim Slaughter) Atteberry, Andy | 12 | | (Charity) Atteberry, and Timmy (Deanna) Atteberry; and her 13 | 13 | | grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Mercedes "Nora" Atteberry, and extend our sincere condolences | 17 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Mercedes Atteberry as an expression | 21 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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