Full Text of SR1558 098th 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 Wilma Lucille Smith of Anchorage, Alaska, | 4 | | who passed away on May 25, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Smith was born on March 20, 1925 in Wausau, | 6 | | Wisconsin to Otto Ihlenfeld and Ariel Cottrell; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Smith earned her high school equivalence and | 8 | | an associate's degree in Business Administration while in her | 9 | | 50s, as she had to leave school and work to help support her | 10 | | family during the Great Depression; she also took pride in her | 11 | | support of the war effort during World War II, moving to Los | 12 | | Angeles and becoming a skilled assembler of the precision | 13 | | instruments used in the American heavy bombers that helped | 14 | | liberate Europe; she married Harry H. Smith near the end of the | 15 | | war; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In the 1950s, Wilma Smith and her family relocated | 17 | | to Flint, Michigan, where she worked as an emergency room ward | 18 | | clerk at St. Joseph Hospital, then as a pediatric ward clerk at | 19 | | McLaren General Hospital; she also worked in a variety of | 20 | | service occupations and volunteered later in life, helping | 21 | | children and other seniors; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Wilma Smith was preceded in death by her parents, | 2 | | and by her husband, Harry; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, "Gramma Willie", as she was lovingly known, is | 4 | | survived by her children, Lynnell Catherine (James H.) Hanes | 5 | | and Brian (Cherie) Kibble-Smith; her grandchildren, Daniel, | 6 | | Rachel, Sarah, Bethany, and David; her grand-nephew, Jonathan; | 7 | | her great-grandchildren, Krystal Everhart and Matthew Wilson; | 8 | | and numerous loving relatives and many friends; therefore, be | 9 | | it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Wilma Lucille Smith, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Wilma Smith as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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