Full Text of SR0695 96th General Assembly
SR0695 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Bernice E. Gelden of Lake Villa, who | 4 |
| passed away on February 15, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born March 30, 1915 in Waukegan, the | 6 |
| daughter of the late John and Margaret (Nauta) Sarvella, living | 7 |
| most of her life in Lake Villa; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice was a member of St. Paul Evangelical | 9 |
| Lutheran Church of Waukegan and the Royal Neighbors of America | 10 |
| in Antioch; and
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| WHEREAS, She retired in 1977 from the Antioch High School | 12 |
| cafeteria where she was known as "Dot"; on November 11, 1934 | 13 |
| she married Harold H. Gelden in Waukegan; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; | 15 |
| her infant son, James; her son, John (the late Donna Mae); her | 16 |
| son, Harold A.; and her sister, Helen Belec; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Gelden is survived by her daughter, | 18 |
| Shirley (James) Barnstable and her son, William (Dawn) Gelden; | 19 |
| her 13 grandchildren; her 15 great-grandchildren; and her five | 20 |
| great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Bernice Gelden; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Bernice Gelden as a symbol of our | 7 |
| sincere sympathy.
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