Full Text of SR0308 96th General Assembly
SR0308 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
Donna M. Wolsfelt of Montgomery, who | 4 |
| passed away on May 12, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt was born on March 29, 1933 in | 6 |
| Aurora; she was the daughter of the late Donald and Eleanor | 7 |
| (Osmondson) Kline; she married Don Wolsfelt on May 1, 1954 and | 8 |
| they spent the next 55 happy years of their lives together; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt graduated from East Aurora High | 10 |
| School in 1951; she was very active in her school's musicals, | 11 |
| playing the lead for two years; in 1954, she graduated from the | 12 |
| American College of Radiology with a degree as an x-ray | 13 |
| technician; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt worked for many years at Copley | 15 |
| Hospital as an x-ray technician; she also helped operate her | 16 |
| family business, Wolsfelt's Floral Shop; in 1972, she realized | 17 |
| a life-long dream and opened Wolsfelt's Victorian Bridals, | 18 |
| which became the elite bridal salon in northern Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt was the recipient of numerous | 20 |
| awards over the years; she was most proud, however, when she | 21 |
| and her husband were honored at the Field Museum in Chicago |
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| with the prestigious DEBI award as the Outstanding Bridal | 2 |
| Retailer of the Year; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna was a life-long member of First Presbyterian | 4 |
| Church; she was also active in the Aurora Women's Club for many | 5 |
| years, as well as many organizations associated with the bridal | 6 |
| industry; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt loved the family's golden | 8 |
| retrievers and enjoyed watching her horses compete in dressage | 9 |
| competitions; she also enjoyed spending time with family, | 10 |
| especially the summers together at their lake house in | 11 |
| Wisconsin; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt was preceded in death by her | 13 |
| parents and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Leo and | 14 |
| Cynthia Wolsfelt; and
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| WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt is survived by her loving husband, | 16 |
| Don; her children, Kevin (Stephanie) Wolsfelt, Vicki Wolsfelt | 17 |
| and her fiance, Gary Rada, and Dawn Wolsfelt; her special | 18 |
| cousin, Debbie Thurow; and many other cousins and close family | 19 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Donna M. Wolsfelt; and | 2 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 |
| presented to the family of Donna Wolsfelt as an expression of | 5 |
| our sympathy.
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