Full Text of SR0410 96th General Assembly
SR0410 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 Georgia Silverthorn of Afton, Iowa, who | 4 |
| passed away on September 11, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgia Tabitha Silverthorn was born October 9, | 6 |
| 1923, in Grand Junction, Colorado, to Joseph Crosby and Monta | 7 |
| Mahala (Eggleston) McDonald and was a 1941 graduate of | 8 |
| Winterset High School; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 27, 1941, she was united in marriage | 10 |
| to Daniel "Dean" Silverthorn in Grant City, Missouri; Georgia | 11 |
| continued her education at Simpson College, where she earned | 12 |
| her teaching certificate; she taught country school for several | 13 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, She accepted Christ as her personal savior in 1950 | 15 |
| and was a member of the Fellowship Church in Monroe Township | 16 |
| until the family moved to Missouri in 1966; Georgia taught | 17 |
| Sunday school in the churches they attended and was group | 18 |
| leader for youth groups; she also was an active farm wife and | 19 |
| worked for Missouri Home Care until she retired; in 2003, her | 20 |
| family moved back to Afton; she was a member of the Fellowship | 21 |
| Church in Monroe Township; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband and two | 2 |
| sisters, Mary Harpole and Mable Richens; and
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| WHEREAS, Georgia Silverthorn is survived by her sons, Dan | 4 |
| Silverthorn, Fred Silverthorn, and Sam Silverthorn; her | 5 |
| sisters, Margaret Spick and Thelma Speer; her brother, Louis | 6 |
| McDonald; her eight grandchildren; and her 15 | 7 |
| great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Georgia Silverthorn; and | 11 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Georgia Silverthorn as a symbol of | 14 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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