SR1001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Claribelle Miller of Carlinville, who passed away on September 30, 2012; and

WHEREAS, Claribelle Miller was born on October 12, 1920; her parents were Carlton VanWinkle and Marie (Krueger) Otwell; she married C. Robert Miller on March 14, 1943, in Carlinville; and

WHEREAS, Claribelle Miller graduated from Carlinville High School with the class of 1938; she subsequently graduated from Blackburn College and attended Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; and

WHEREAS, Claribelle Miller began her teaching career in a one-room schoolhouse; she later taught kindergarten, 4th, and 6th grades for the Carlinville School District Unit #1; and

WHEREAS, Claribelle Miller was a member of the Macoupin County D.A.R., the Macoupin County Alpha Delta Kappa, the Carlinville Women's Club, Carlinville Retired Teachers, the United Methodist Women, the Macoupin County Home Bureau, Macoupin County 4-H, and the Macoupin County Fair, where she was in charge of the fine arts department for several years; and

WHEREAS, Claribelle Miller was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her granddaughter; Kimberly Sawyer; and her sister, Winifred Selvo; and

WHEREAS, Claribelle Miller is survived by her loving daughters, Mary Katherine Solberg (Arthur), Robin Ann Shuda, Suzanne Marie Humphreys (David), Gail Alden Stump, and Rebecca Lynn Glenn; her grandchildren, Annelise and Erik Solberg, Curtis Sawyer (Michelle), Cary Sawyer (Michelle), K.C. Strough (Steve), Edward Stump, William Stump (Shari), Katie, Justine, Davis, and Deirdre Humphreys, Emily Wilson (Alex), Audra Essig (Joseph), and Jacob Glenn; her great-grandchildren, Anika Marie Sawyer, Robert Cole Sawyer, Alexander Strough, Mackenzie Strough, and Tarah Patterson; her sister, Marguerite Burton; and her many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Claribelle Miller; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Claribelle Miller as an expression of our sympathy.