Full Text of SR0605 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn about the death of Ruth J. (nee Tunila) Wiggers of | 4 | | Lincoln, who passed away on September 28, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Wiggers was born on November 20, 1933 to John | 6 | | and Viola Tunila; she grew up in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and | 7 | | graduated from Wilkes Barre Township High School; she attended | 8 | | Western Union Telegraph School in Washington, D.C. and then | 9 | | settled in Illinois; she married Marvin Wiggers at the First | 10 | | United Methodist Church in Lincoln on September 21, 1968; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Wiggers worked as a waitress at the Blue Dog | 12 | | Inn in Lincoln and the Heritage Inn; she also worked for the | 13 | | EATON Corporation (formerly known as Cutler Hammer); and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Wiggers and her husband loved to dance and | 15 | | were longtime members of the Hartsburg/Emden and Delevan Dance | 16 | | Clubs; they liked to travel and saw all 50 states; she was a | 17 | | 4-H leader for many years and enjoyed arts and crafts of all | 18 | | kinds; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Wiggers was preceded in death by her parents; | 20 | | her husband, Marvin; her sister, Helen Lutkoski; her brothers, | 21 | | Joe, Peter, and Victor Tunila; and her stepson, Kevin Wiggers; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Ruth Wiggers is survived by her brother, Edward | 3 | | (Rita) Tunila; her daughter, Amy (Nathan) Chen; her | 4 | | sister-in-law, Katherina Goldhammer; her brother-in-law, | 5 | | Milton Wiggers; her sister-in-law, Cecilia Tunila; her | 6 | | step-daughter, Karen (John) Sandel; her son, Robert (Jill) Awe, | 7 | | Jr.; her daughter-in-law, Carrie Wiggers; her granddaughters, | 8 | | Ashley and Kinsley Chen, Shannon (Dan) Doolin, and Courtney | 9 | | Awe; her grandsons, Gregory Chen, Matthew (Tessa) Sandel, | 10 | | Isreal Sandel, Christian Sandel, and Clint Awe; her 7 | 11 | | great-grandchildren; her many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, | 12 | | great-nephews, great-great-nieces, and great-great-nephews; | 13 | | and her friend, Tom LaVenda; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Ruth J. Wiggers, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Ruth Wiggers as an expression of our | 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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