Full Text of SR0704 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Virginia Shirley "Babe" Meyer of Fox | 4 | | Lake, who passed away on June 7, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was born in Chicago on April 28, | 6 | | 1930 to George and Mamie (nee Andersen) Behr; she married | 7 | | Richard "Dick" Meyer in November of 1950; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer and her husband both retired from | 9 | | the United States Post Office, she as a clerk and he as a | 10 | | mailman; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was active in her community, | 12 | | playing bridge and bocce, attending theater productions, and | 13 | | taking casino trips; she also shared many wild and crazy | 14 | | weekends with her "Poker Girls"; she and her husband spent | 15 | | several years wintering in Jensen Beach, Florida; she would go | 16 | | anywhere for fireworks or a Brandy Manhattan; she also loved | 17 | | the water - from the ocean to Pleasant Lake, Wisconsin and | 18 | | Baldwin Lake, Michigan; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was affectionately known by her | 20 | | great-grandchildren as "GiGi"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer was preceded in death by her | 2 | | parents; her husband, Richard; her brother, George; and her 3 | 3 | | sisters, Evelyn, Ruth, and Betty; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Meyer is survived by her children, Nancy | 5 | | (Michael) Schirott, Richard (Nancy) Meyer, Barbara (Ronald) | 6 | | Jaski, Susan (Roger) Vosmik, and Jacqueline (David) Rosenthal; | 7 | | her 8 grandchildren; her 9 great-grandchildren; her | 8 | | sister-in-love, Carole (Ronald) Dizillo; and many nieces and | 9 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Virginia Shirley "Babe" Meyer, and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | her; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Virginia Meyer as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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