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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Fern Ellen Page of Shelbyville, who
4 passed away on April 13, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was born on July 7, 1923 in
6 Clarksburg; she was the daughter of Frank Thomas and Sylvia
7 Susan Bivins Wheat; she married Nile Wendall Page on November
8 22, 1945; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page graduated from Shelbyville High
10 School with the Class of 1941; she worked as a cook in the
11 Shelbyville Schools until her retirement; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was a member of the Fourth Street
13 United Methodist Church in Shelbyville and a former member of
14 Clarksburg United Methodist Church; she was also a member of
15 the Kaskaskia Boat Club and a charter member of Ladies of the
16 Moose 1325 and Eagles Lodge 4395, all of Shelbyville; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was an active member of the Shelby
18 County Democratic Party and was an avid bingo player; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was preceded in death by her
20 parents; her stepfather, Selby Hopkins; and her stepsister,

 

 

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1 Alvena Childress; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page is survived by her husband, Nile;
3 her sons, Tommy Stuart Page and Dennis Lynn Page; her three
4 grandsons, Derek, Dane, and Grant Page; her stepsisters, Gene
5 Arganbright, June Norfleet, and Retha Townsend; and her
6 stepbrothers, Kenneth Hopkins and Dale Hopkins; therefore, be
7 it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 her family and friends, the passing of Fern Ellen Page; and be
11 it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Fern Ellen Page as an expression of
14 our sympathy.