Full Text of SR0578 96th General Assembly
SR0578 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 Berniece Eileen Tonsor of Jerseyville, | 4 |
| who passed away on December 22, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in Richwood Township in Jersey County | 6 |
| on March 12, 1928, one of five daughters born to the late John | 7 |
| and Sophia (Ontis) Skinner; she was a graduate of Jersey | 8 |
| Township High School, where she was voted by her classmates as | 9 |
| the girl with the "most beautiful tresses"; and
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| WHEREAS, She married John Robert Tonsor on April 17, 1948, | 11 |
| at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fieldon and the two shared 30 | 12 |
| years together before his sudden death on July 25, 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, After her husband passed away she became a | 14 |
| caregiver to elderly people in their homes; and
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She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 16 |
| husband; her son-in-law, John Stafford; and her two sisters, | 17 |
| Doris Harvey and Thelma Watts; and
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| WHEREAS, Berniece Tonsor is survived by her children and | 19 |
| their spouses, Cindy and Neal Wittman, Joan and Jim Withers, | 20 |
| Patty and Bill Kuebrich, JR and Pam Tonsor, Phillip and Becky |
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| Tonsor, Tina and Mike Bennett, Fran and Larry Bear, DeeDee | 2 |
| Tonsor, and Missy and Jeff Davis; her grandchildren and their | 3 |
| spouses, Chris and Pam Wittman, Jennifer and John Lyles, Briana | 4 |
| and Brian Jackson, Sarah and Clarence Grebner, Tony Kuebrich, | 5 |
| Paul Kuebrich, Brad and Wendy Tonsor, Barry Tonsor, Erin | 6 |
| Tonsor, Bobby Tonsor, Josh and Mindy Tonsor, Jenny and Kevin | 7 |
| Macias, Jessie Tonsor and her fiance, Jason Ray, Justin Tonsor, | 8 |
| Kevin and Bernadette Bennett, Matt Bennett, Adam Bennett and | 9 |
| his fiance, Keegan Thompson, P.J. Bennett, Lauren Davis, Trevor | 10 |
| Davis, and Morgan Davis; her great-grandchildren, Shelby and | 11 |
| Veronica Wittman, Logan Lyles, Hannah and Hailey Tonsor, | 12 |
| Jackson Tonsor, Lucy and Jude Bennett, Jack and Drew Macias, | 13 |
| Ava Tonsor, Margaret Grebner, and two due in February; her | 14 |
| step-grandchildren, Brian and his wife, Lori Withers, Eric | 15 |
| Withers, and Blake Withers; her step-great-grandchildren, Alex | 16 |
| and Cameron Withers and Peyton Withers; her sisters, Mary | 17 |
| Schloman and Betty Ritter; and her mother-in-law, Ceil Groppel; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Berniece Tonsor; and be | 22 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 24 |
| presented to the family of Berniece Tonsor as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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