Full Text of SR0223 97th 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 Ruth E. Cotter of Alton, who passed away | 4 | | on April 26, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born July 28, 1918, in Dubuque, Iowa, the | 6 | | daughter of Arthur L. and Effie M. (Smith) Mutschler; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, She worked for Savannah Illinois Ordinance Depot | 8 | | and Beverly Farm in Godfrey; she was a member of SS Peter and | 9 | | Paul Catholic Church in Alton where she was a member of the | 10 | | Altar Society; she was a member of the Daughters of Isabella | 11 | | and volunteered to deliver Meals on Wheels for 10 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, On July 3, 1943, in Dubuque, Iowa, she married | 13 | | Henry L. Cotter; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; her | 15 | | brothers, James Arthur Mutschler and Frederick Mutschler; and | 16 | | her sister, Alice Louis; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Cotter is survived by her daughters, Susan | 18 | | Cotter and Elizabeth Cotter Keister; her son, Arthur L. Cotter | 19 | | and his wife, Pam; her grandchildren, Todd Link and his wife, | 20 | | Ali, Scott Link, Molly and Katie Keister, Angie Pekarik and her |
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| 1 | | husband, Shaun, Adam Cotter and his wife, Sarah, and Kevin | 2 | | Cotter; and her great-grandchildren, Tucker, Griffin, Delaney, | 3 | | Teagan, Trent, Tristan, Kaleigh, and Alexis; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | her family and friends, the passing of Ruth Cotter; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Ruth Cotter as a symbol of our | 10 | | sincere sympathy.
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