Full Text of SR0458 097th 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
Doris Raabe of Walnut, who passed away on | 4 | | November 10, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe was born on January 24, 1912, in | 6 | | Rushville, Indiana; her parents were Charles and Anna (McColly) | 7 | | Burton; she married Willis "Bill" Raabe on December 10, 1943, | 8 | | in Rockford; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe grew up on a farm in rural Jasper | 10 | | County; after graduating from Newton High School in 1930, she | 11 | | moved to Decatur to work, then to Chicago to work as a | 12 | | bookkeeper; she met her future husband in Kewanee, where she | 13 | | worked in the employment office; the couple moved to Walnut, | 14 | | where she lived for 60 years and had many close friends; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe and her husband were partners in Raabe | 16 | | Hardware in Walnut for 21 years and in his real estate business | 17 | | for 15 years; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe loved to garden, can vegetables, sew, | 19 | | cook for her family, and meet her friends at the Walnut Cafe | 20 | | for lunch on Fridays; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe was a member of the Walnut United | 2 | | Methodist Church; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe was preceded in death by her husband; | 4 | | her grandson, Noah Raabe; and her 8 siblings; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Doris Raabe is survived by her son, Burton; her | 6 | | daughter-in-law, Lisa; her grandsons, Isaac, Solomon, and | 7 | | Amos; and her great-grandchildren, Ruby and Willis Raabe and | 8 | | Sage Cramer; her sister, Avanelle Gosnell; and her many nieces | 9 | | and nephews; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | her family and friends, the passing of Doris Raabe; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Doris Raabe as an expression of our | 16 | | sympathy.
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