Full Text of SR0537 094th General Assembly
SR0537 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 Esma Saliba Fisher of | 4 |
| Herrin on Sunday, November 20, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on January 14, 1907, in Herrin to | 6 |
| Charlie and Fouse Simmons; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of | 8 |
| Herrin for longer than anyone can remember, and she was active | 9 |
| in the Presbyterian Women's Association, the John Calvin | 10 |
| Circle, and the Westminister Circle; she also served as deacon | 11 |
| and trustee; she had been a member of the American Legion | 12 |
| Auxiliary (past president), the American War Mothers (past | 13 |
| president), and the Herrin Women's Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Following her retirement from F.W. Woolworth Co., | 15 |
| she was a volunteer at the Marion Veterans Affairs Hospital for | 16 |
| 11 years and later was a volunteer in the Gift Garden at Herrin | 17 |
| Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Esma Saliba Fisher has been deeply | 19 |
| felt by many, especially her son, Albert (Christina) Saliba; | 20 |
| her daughter, Lula (Carl); her grandchildren, Sherry (Bret) | 21 |
| Dougherty, Lisa Marlow (John Taylor), Jeffrey (Maria) Steele, | 22 |
| Gregory Steele, Douglas Steele, and Sam and Paige Saliba; her | 23 |
| great-grandchildren, Domonic Marlow, and Lenny, Michael, and | 24 |
| Evan Steele; her nephews, Richard (Itch) Sue Jones and Robert | 25 |
| (Cowboy) Jones; her great-niece and nephew, Susan Rae and | 26 |
| Michael Jones; and her special friend, Dorothy Unruh; she was | 27 |
| preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Mike Saliba and | 28 |
| Harold Fisher; and her sister, Rosine Jones; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 30 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Esma Saliba Fisher, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 2 |
| her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 3 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 6 |
| sympathy.
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