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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Geneva B.
4Holbrook of Belleville, who passed away on June 13, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Geneva Holbrook was born on August 22, 1922, in
6Pittsburg, Kansas; she married Jesse Holbrook on May 10, 1948;
7and
 
8    WHEREAS, Geneva Holbrook was employed as a bookkeeper at
9Model Laundry for 22 years until her retirement in 1971; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Geneva Holbrook was preceded in death by her
11husband; her parents, Robert H. Aldredge; her mother, Besse M.,
12nee Martin, Crowley; her stepfather, William Crowley; her
13stepbrothers, Erwin Crowley and Henry Crowley; and her sister,
14Roberta Sharp; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Geneva Holbrook is survived by her son, Illinois
16State Representative Thomas A. (Molly McKenzie) Holbrook; her
17daughter, Marilyn L. Brothers; her stepbrother, Billy Crowley;
18her grandchildren, Susan (Steven Kozlowski) Holbrook, Michael
19(Nicole) Lee, and Douglas Brothers; and her
20great-grandchildren, Shaily and Jesse Lee; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Geneva Holbrook will be remembered by all who knew
2and loved her as a funny and caring person whose love of life
3and ability to live it to the fullest endeared her to her
4family members, friends, and all who knew her, and enabled her
5to enrich their lives in ways they will never forget;
6therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
10Geneva B. Holbrook; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of Geneva Holbrook as an expression of
13our sympathy.