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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of
3 Illinois learned with regret of the death of Mary Beatrice
4 DeSherlia on Saturday, August 16, 2003; and
5 WHEREAS, Mary DeSherlia was born Mary Keller on April 7,
6 1930 in Louisiana, Missouri to Charles and Marguerite
7 (Johnson) Keller; and
8 WHEREAS, Mary Keller married William H. DeSherlia, Sr. at
9 St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Grafton on October 1, 1947;
10 they shared 34 years together before his death on February
11 21, 1982; and
12 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeSherlia's parents moved to Grafton
13 shortly after her birth and she was an active member of the
14 Grafton community her entire life; she and her husband
15 operated DeSherlia Fish Market in Grafton for many years,
16 closing the business shortly before his death; and
17 WHEREAS, Mrs. DeSherlia also worked at a young age in
18 Grafton at her parents' business, Keller's Steakhouse, and
19 continued the family business after their death, closing the
20 restaurant in 1982; she was honored as "Senior Miss Grafton"
21 in 1994; and
22 WHEREAS, The passing of Mary DeSherlia has been deeply
23 felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her sons and
24 daughters-in-law, William H. and Terrye DeSherlia, Daniel and
25 Jeneane DeSherlia, Christopher DeSherlia, and Joseph and Jan
26 DeSherlia; her grandchildren, Hope, Billy, Nipper, Karrie,
27 Jennifer, Andy, Mary, Karen, Jacob, Benjamin, and Laura; her
28 stepgrandchildren, Kevin and Kyle; her great-grandchildren,
29 Alexis, Mackenzie, Coby, Cody, Tyler, and Rhylon; her sister
30 and brother-in-law, Margaret and Kenneth Whaley; and her
31 brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles "Pat" and Betty Keller
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1 and Larry and Mary Keller; and
2 WHEREAS, Mary DeSherlia was preceded in death by her
3 husband, William DeSherlia, Sr.; her parents, Charles and
4 Marguerite Keller; her great-granddaughter, Angel Hope
5 DeSherlia; her sisters, Betty Jean Goodwin, Theresa Ann
6 Foval, and Sarah "Sally" Holder; and her brothers, William
7 Keller and Michael Keller; therefore, be it
8 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
10 of Mary DeSherlia and extend our deepest sympathy to her
11 family, friends, and community; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Mary DeSherlia as an expression of
14 our sincerest condolences.