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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Fern M. Anderson of Streator, who passed
4away on September 23, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Fern Anderson was born on August 2, 1916, in rural
6Pontiac; her parents were Guy and Doretta (Mai) Finkenbinder;
7she married Arthur S. Anderson on February 17, 1939; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Fern Anderson was a graduate of Cornell High
9School and Ryburn Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in
10Ottawa; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Fern Anderson served as director of nursing at the
12Pleasant View Luther Home in Ottawa; she retired as
13administrator of Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Streator in
141979; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Fern Anderson was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran
16Church; she was active in many of the church's activities, as
17well as Zonta and the Christian Women's Club; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Fern Anderson was preceded in death by her
19parents; her husband; her granddaughter; her
20great-granddaughter; and her brother, Austin Finkenbinder; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Fern Anderson is survived by her children, Dorann
2(Daniel) Perry, James (Shirley) Anderson, and Keith (Pamela)
3Anderson; her grandchildren, Dawn (James) Lucas, Tim (Libby)
4Anderson, Jason Anderson, Kimberly (Chip) Tinder, and Scott
5(Jessica) Anderson; and her nine great-grandchildren;
6therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
9her family and friends, the passing of Fern M. Anderson; and be
10it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of Fern Anderson as an expression of
13our sympathy.