Full Text of SR1655 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Bonita Yerke at the age of 106; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Bonita Yerke was born in a house in Chemung to | 5 | | Charles and Bess (Conyes) Ambler on November 25, 1911; as a | 6 | | young girl, she worked at her father's general store in | 7 | | Chemung; she attended the Chemung School and graduated from | 8 | | Harvard High School in 1929; she graduated from beautician | 9 | | school in 1920; she married William "Bill" Yerke at the Trinity | 10 | | Lutheran Church Chapel in Harvard on August 9, 1936; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bonita Yerke worked at the Condensary Factory, | 12 | | which is now Dean's Food; after graduating from beautician | 13 | | school, she began working in Belvidere; she then operated a | 14 | | beauty shop out of her home before working at Olivia's Beauty | 15 | | Shop in Harvard for many years; she also helped operate Yerke's | 16 | | Garage in Chemung until Bill retired in 1966; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Bonita Yerke was a lifelong member of the Chemung | 18 | | Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher | 19 | | and a member of the Ladies Aid Society; she was a member of the | 20 | | Women of the Moose, the Golden Agers, and the Harvard Grange | 21 | | Organization; she was secretary and treasurer of the | 22 | | Chemung/Dunham Cemetery for many years; she enjoyed traveling |
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| 1 | | to Hot Springs, Arkansas and the Western United States with | 2 | | Bill; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Bonita Yerke was preceded in death by her husband, | 4 | | William; her brother, Harold (Ike) Ambler; and her | 5 | | great-granddaughter, Erica Porter; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Bonita Yerke is survived by her sons, Gordon and | 7 | | Charles (Kathy) Yerke; her grandchildren, Andrea (Scot) | 8 | | Hastings, Amanda (Eric) Porter, Kirk (Galit) Yerke, and James | 9 | | (Sally) Rosson; her great-grandchildren, Dallas and Austin | 10 | | Hasting, Eric, Jayden, and Elexa Porter, Abigal Yerke, and | 11 | | Kimberly Rosson; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Bonita Yerke and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 15 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Bonita Yerke as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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