Full Text of SR0330 94th General Assembly
SR0330 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Evelyn (McCarty) Weger of | 4 |
| Benton on Wednesday, July 6, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on August 19, 1913, in Akin to Roy | 6 |
| and Julia (Craddock) McCarty; she attended Benton schools and | 7 |
| graduated from Benton Township High School in 1932; after | 8 |
| attending Southern Illinois State Normal University for a short | 9 |
| time, she worked at Benton Township High School as office | 10 |
| secretary for eleven years, from 1937 until 1948; she was very | 11 |
| happy in her tenure there and always seemed to remember every | 12 |
| student who attended school during this time; and
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| WHEREAS, It was in her position at Benton Township High | 14 |
| School that she met her future husband, Russell, when he moved | 15 |
| to Benton to teach agriculture; they were married on May 28, | 16 |
| 1949, in St. Louis, and he preceded her in death on July 9, | 17 |
| 1995; and
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| WHEREAS, Although Mrs. Weger was a native of Benton, she | 19 |
| also lived in Nokomis and Okawville before moving to Mulberry | 20 |
| Grove in 1962; she and her husband lived there until his death, | 21 |
| and shortly thereafter she moved back to Benton to be closer to | 22 |
| family; she was active for many years in school, community, and | 23 |
| church activities, and most recently was a member of Benton | 24 |
| First United Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Evelyn McCarty Weger has been | 26 |
| deeply felt by many, especially her daughters, Laura Weger and | 27 |
| Mary and husband Bobby Blondi; her grandchildren, Andrea Blondi | 28 |
| and her boyfriend Josh Cleaver, Brett Blondi and wife Kortni, | 29 |
| and Robby Blondi and his girlfriend Lindsey Shurtz; her | 30 |
| sisters, Nancy Hodack and Martha Williams; her brother, Joe | 31 |
| McCarty; her sisters-in-law, Marjorie McCarty, Kathryn |
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| McCarty, and Frances (Weger) Scarborough; her stepsister, | 2 |
| Rosemary (Glover) Glidewell; her stepbrother, George Glover; | 3 |
| and her many wonderful nieces, nephews, and many, many cousins; | 4 |
| she was preceded in death by her parents; her stepmother, Pearl | 5 |
| (Glover) McCarty; her husband, Russell; her son, William | 6 |
| Michael Weger; and her brothers, Ike and Mike McCarty; | 7 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 |
| Evelyn McCarty Weger, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 11 |
| her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 15 |
| sympathy.
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