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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Donna M. Wolsfelt of Montgomery, who
4 passed away on May 12, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt was born on March 29, 1933 in
6 Aurora; she was the daughter of the late Donald and Eleanor
7 (Osmondson) Kline; she married Don Wolsfelt on May 1, 1954 and
8 they spent the next 55 happy years of their lives together; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt graduated from East Aurora High
10 School in 1951; she was very active in her school's musicals,
11 playing the lead for two years; in 1954, she graduated from the
12 American College of Radiology with a degree as an x-ray
13 technician; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt worked for many years at Copley
15 Hospital as an x-ray technician; she also helped operate her
16 family business, Wolsfelt's Floral Shop; in 1972, she realized
17 a life-long dream and opened Wolsfelt's Victorian Bridals,
18 which became the elite bridal salon in northern Illinois; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt was the recipient of numerous
20 awards over the years; she was most proud, however, when she
21 and her husband were honored at the Field Museum in Chicago

 

 

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1 with the prestigious DEBI award as the Outstanding Bridal
2 Retailer of the Year; and
 
3     WHEREAS, Donna was a life-long member of First Presbyterian
4 Church; she was also active in the Aurora Women's Club for many
5 years, as well as many organizations associated with the bridal
6 industry; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt loved the family's golden
8 retrievers and enjoyed watching her horses compete in dressage
9 competitions; she also enjoyed spending time with family,
10 especially the summers together at their lake house in
11 Wisconsin; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt was preceded in death by her
13 parents and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Leo and
14 Cynthia Wolsfelt; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Donna Wolsfelt is survived by her loving husband,
16 Don; her children, Kevin (Stephanie) Wolsfelt, Vicki Wolsfelt
17 and her fiance, Gary Rada, and Dawn Wolsfelt; her special
18 cousin, Debbie Thurow; and many other cousins and close family
19 friends; therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
21 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with

 

 

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1 her family and friends, the passing of Donna M. Wolsfelt; and
2 be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4 presented to the family of Donna Wolsfelt as an expression of
5 our sympathy.