Full Text of SR0489 093rd General Assembly
SR0489 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the passing of Kelly Nelson on March | 4 |
| 11, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson is the fourth of eight children of | 6 |
| John and Maribeth Nelson and was born on December 25, 1989 in | 7 |
| Chicago; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson gave her life to the Lord at an early | 9 |
| age and was an active member of St. Denis Catholic Church where | 10 |
| she was a member of the children's choir; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson attended St. Denis School from | 12 |
| pre-school to fourth grade and transferred to Owen Scholastic | 13 |
| Academy in fifth grade; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson was actively involved in school | 15 |
| activities including volleyball, softball, and basketball; as | 16 |
| a member of the St. Denis basketball team, she won the | 17 |
| Southwest Catholic Conference Championship; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson had a super personality and got along | 19 |
| well with everyone; she had her own unique style and a very | 20 |
| creative/active imagination, including her own made-up | 21 |
| language; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson was an avid fan of the arts and was | 23 |
| interested in all aspects of music; she loved cartoons as well, | 24 |
| her favorite characters being Spongebob and Eeyore; and | 25 |
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WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson was also an active member in Girl | 26 |
| Scouts and still attended meetings with her mom; and
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| WHEREAS, Kelly Nelson's passing will be deeply felt by many |
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| especially her parents, John and Maribeth Nelson; her siblings, | 2 |
| Andrew, Samantha, Christine, Melissa, Jennifer, Matthew, and | 3 |
| Tommy; her grandparents, Willard and Margaret Nelson and | 4 |
| Bernard and Janet Smith; her great-grandmothers, Josephine | 5 |
| Wedster and Gwen Smith; and her many uncles, aunts, cousins, | 6 |
| and friends; therefore be it | 7 |
| RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY | 8 |
| OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of Kelly | 9 |
| Nelson along with all who knew and loved her; and be it further | 10 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to the family of Kelly Nelson as an expression of our | 12 |
| sorrow for their loss.
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