Full Text of SR0649 94th General Assembly
SR0649 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 Nancy H. DeGrand of Alton | 4 |
| on Friday, February 10, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Born September 5, 1923, in Alton, Mrs. DeGrand was | 6 |
| the daughter of the late Herbert Christopher and Mary Louise | 7 |
| (Rousseau) Hellrung; she was a 1940 graduate of Marquette | 8 |
| Catholic High School, and she married Robert Lee DeGrand on | 9 |
| April 26, 1947, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in | 10 |
| Alton; he preceded her in death on July 16, 1981; and
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| WHEREAS, She retired in 1996 as financial officer at Hayner | 12 |
| Public Library after 22 years of dedicated service; she then | 13 |
| served as a member of the board of directors at Hayner until | 14 |
| her death; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. DeGrand was a longtime member of Saints Peter | 16 |
| and Paul Catholic Church in Alton, where she served as a lector | 17 |
| and was a member of the parish council and the Altar Society; | 18 |
| she was one of the founders of the Alton Junior Service League, | 19 |
| a founder of the Alton Chapter of the March of Dimes, and a | 20 |
| former president of the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary; and
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| WHEREAS, She will be remembered as a loving mother, | 22 |
| grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many; she | 23 |
| enjoyed reading, golfing, playing bridge, and bowling, and was | 24 |
| an avid Cardinals baseball fan; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Nancy H. DeGrand has been deeply | 26 |
| felt by many, especially her children and their spouses, Mary | 27 |
| Louise Watson, Stephanie Ann DeGrand, the Rev. Robert L. | 28 |
| DeGrand Jr., Yoland Marie and Mark Plunkett, Alfred Vincent and | 29 |
| Karen DeGrand, Peter Joseph and Valli DeGrand, Thomas Anthony | 30 |
| DeGrand, Luke and Karen DeGrand, and Anastasia and Gary Phelps; |
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| her sister, Roberta Mattingly; her grandchildren, Katie | 2 |
| Livingston, Erin Thongsy, Jacob and Daniel Watson, Jennifer, | 3 |
| Kristopher, Robert, and Margaret Doody, Julianne, Samuel, | 4 |
| Katherine, Sarah, Andrew, and Luke Plunkett, Alfred DeGrand | 5 |
| Jr., Thomas DeGrand Jr., Michael, Rachael, Nathan, Molly, Ben, | 6 |
| Annye, Laddie, Meghan, Emily, Erin, and Joseph DeGrand, and | 7 |
| Emily and James Phelps; her great-grandchildren, Grace and | 8 |
| Talan Livingston and Kearston Doody; her other extended family; | 9 |
| and her many dear friends; in addition to her beloved husband | 10 |
| of 34 years and her parents, she was preceded in death by her | 11 |
| infant son, Damien DeGrand; and her brothers, Herbert Rousseau | 12 |
| Hellrung and Gregory Lawrence Hellrung; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 |
| Nancy H. DeGrand, and we extend our sincere condolences to her | 16 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 17 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 20 |
| sympathy.
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