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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach, who passed away
4 on November 30, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach was born in Beijing,
6 China; her parents were the late John Herman and Mary Bushnell
7 Wylie; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach was an active member of
9 Union Church, the Progress Club, the American Association of
10 University Women, the Women's Club, and the Hospital Auxiliary;
11 and
 
12     WHEREAS, Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach was preceded in death by
13 her husbands, the Reverend Carl Eschbach and the Reverend
14 Donald Zimmerman; her sister, Sarah E. Wylie; and her daughter,
15 Margaret Eschbach Freeman; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach is survived by her
17 children, Sally "Sarah" Zimmerman, Richard C. Zimmerman, James
18 Eschbach, and Bob Eschbach; her sister, Martha Pride; her
19 brother, John H. (Mary) Wylie Jr.; and her six grandchildren
20 and 12 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach;
4 and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Ruth Zimmerman Eschbach as an
7 expression of our sympathy.