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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Antoinette "Toni" Virginia Frederick Fox, |
| 4 | | who passed away on May 26, 2018; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Antoinette Fox was born in Paris, Wisconsin to |
| 6 | | Catherine (Terry) and Michael Frederick on September 23, 1918; |
| 7 | | she attended local grade and high schools; she attended |
| 8 | | Whitewater State Teacher's College and graduated from |
| 9 | | Racine-Kenosha Rural Normal School; she married William F. |
| 10 | | "Bill" Fox at Saint John's Catholic Church in Paris, Wisconsin |
| 11 | | on October 9, 1943; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Antoinette Fox began her career teaching all eight |
| 13 | | grades in a one-room school in Kenosha County, Wisconsin; she |
| 14 | | later taught at Holy Angels School in Aurora; after retiring |
| 15 | | from teaching, she was employed at Mercy Center and later at |
| 16 | | McAuley Manor; she volunteered at both Rosary High School and |
| 17 | | Provena Mercy Center; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Antoinette Fox was a life member of Saint |
| 19 | | Catherine's Hospital Auxiliary in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the |
| 20 | | Mercy Center Auxiliary, and the Abbot Marmion Society of |
| 21 | | Marmion Abbey in Aurora; she was also a member of the Basilica |
| 22 | | of Saint Stanislaus Kostka in Winona, Wisconsin and |
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| 1 | | Annunciation BVM Parish in Aurora; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Antoinette Fox was preceded in death by her |
| 3 | | husband, Bill; her daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Madden (Daniel) |
| 4 | | Fox; her grandson's wife, Erika Knight (James) Fox; her |
| 5 | | parents; her brothers, Lawrence, Frank, Louis, and Albert; and |
| 6 | | her sisters, Anne, Margaret, Sister Carolyn OSF, Sister Laurene |
| 7 | | OSF, Elizabeth, and Louise; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Antoinette Fox is survived by her daughter, Mary |
| 9 | | Catherine; her sons, James (Susan), Daniel (Mary), Michael |
| 10 | | (Barbara), and Bill (Janice); her grandchildren, James (Megan) |
| 11 | | Fox, Christopher Fox, Lauren Fox Brown (Ward), Brian Fox, |
| 12 | | William Fox (Alexandra Lake), Veronica Fox Miller (Ryan), Molly |
| 13 | | Fox Larimer (Adam), Captain Thomas F. Fox (Chloe), Rebecca Fox, |
| 14 | | First Lieutenant Jane Fox, and Alyssa Fox; her |
| 15 | | great-grandchildren, Andrew Fox, Christopher "CJ" Fox, Liza |
| 16 | | Brown, Sarah Antoinette Fox, Charlotte Brown, Madeline Fox, |
| 17 | | Mikayla Miller, Grant Fox, Antoinette "Etta" Fox, Louise |
| 18 | | Larimer, and Braydin Miller; and many nieces and nephews and |
| 19 | | dear friends; therefore, be it
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 22 | | Antoinette "Toni" Virginia Frederick Fox, and extend our |
| 23 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew |