Full Text of SR0351 095th General Assembly
SR0351 95TH 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 Ora Lee King of Gurnee, who passed away | 4 |
| on August 14, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Ora Lee King was born on September 9, 1915 in | 6 |
| Highlands, North Carolina; she moved to Waukegan in the late | 7 |
| 1930's, living there until 1961; she then moved to Gurnee; and
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| WHEREAS, Ora Lee King was a 65 year member of First Baptist | 9 |
| Church in Waukegan, where she served in the church's nursery | 10 |
| for many years; she was a member of the Order of the Eastern | 11 |
| Star for over 55 years; she was a cub scout den mother in the | 12 |
| 1950's and was a member of the National Home Furnishing | 13 |
| Association and the Chamber of Commerce; she worked part time | 14 |
| at Kupperman's Furniture in Waukegan; she co-founded King's | 15 |
| Home Furnishings with her husband, Henry, in 1959; in 1970, she | 16 |
| and her son Ronnie started King's Properties, Inc.; she was | 17 |
| secretary-treasurer for both businesses until her retirement; | 18 |
| during her retirement, she enjoyed traveling the world with her | 19 |
| sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, Ora Lee King was preceded in death by her first | 21 |
| husband, Henry P. King; her second husband, Herman Hillesheim; | 22 |
| her parents, Robin and Sudie Clark; her brothers, John, Walter, |
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| Elmer, Robert, and Zeb Clark; her sisters, Leona Williams and | 2 |
| Hilda Zears; and her stepson, Jerry Hillesheim; and
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| WHEREAS, Ora Lee King is survived by her son, Ronnie (Pat) | 4 |
| King; her adopted sons, Hoyt (Betty) King and Ray King; her | 5 |
| stepson, Larry (Linda) Hillesheim; her grandchildren, Andrea | 6 |
| R. Woods, Derek H. King, Timothy King, Chris King, Billy King, | 7 |
| Brett Hillesheim, Cory Hillesheim, and Tara Hillesheim; her | 8 |
| great-grandchildren; her brothers, Joseph Clark and Amos | 9 |
| Clark; her sisters, Mary Clark and Mildred Dougherty; her many | 10 |
| nieces and nephews; and her special caregiver for four years, | 11 |
| Grace Godishala, and her helper, Teresa Fraczkiewicz; | 12 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Ora Lee King; and be it | 16 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Ora Lee King as an expression of our | 19 |
| sympathy.
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