Bill Text: IL SR0081 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Charlotte Wax of Newman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR0081 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SR0081-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Charlotte Maris Wax of Newman, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 18, 2022 at the age of 103; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was born in Tuscola on February 27, | ||||||
| 6 | 1919 and graduated from the University of Illinois; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Along with work on the family farm in Newman | ||||||
| 8 | raising corn, soybeans, Duroc hogs, and Shorthorn cattle, | ||||||
| 9 | Charlotte Wax taught business at the high school in Tuscola; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was a lifelong member of the Newman | ||||||
| 12 | Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher | ||||||
| 13 | and Methodist Woman member; she was active in the Newman | ||||||
| 14 | Woman's Club, serving as a 50-year member; she was still a | ||||||
| 15 | devoted 49-year member of the Stephen A. Douglas Chapter of | ||||||
| 16 | the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she had served | ||||||
| 17 | as Regent and Honorary Regent; she was a long time 4-H leader | ||||||
| 18 | with the Newman Kum-Joy-Nus 4-H Club, and she started the | ||||||
| 19 | Buttons n Bows Home Economics Club for sewing and food | ||||||
| 20 | projects; she also chaperoned the dorms for many years at the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois State Fair; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was the Illinois Future Homemakers | ||||||
| 2 | of America Chapter Mother in 1969 and was selected as | ||||||
| 3 | Illinoisan of the Day at the Illinois State Fair in 2018; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax enjoyed genealogy, reading, playing | ||||||
| 5 | euchre, watching Illini sports, and spoiling her ten | ||||||
| 6 | grandchildren and 25 plus great-grandchildren; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 8 | husband of 43 years, Ray Wax, and her parents, Ward and Zala | ||||||
| 9 | Maris; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax is survived by her sons, Wallace | ||||||
| 11 | (Becky) and Richard (Carol); her daughter, Martha (Robert); | ||||||
| 12 | her grandchildren, Deborah Holifield, Kimberly Rund, Michael | ||||||
| 13 | Wax, Andrea Gallagher, Katharine Sherman, David Wax, Andrew | ||||||
| 14 | Wax, Kristina Milburn, Roberta Lower, and Scott Burris; and | ||||||
| 15 | her great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 17 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 18 | Charlotte Maris Wax and extend our sincere
condolences to her | ||||||
| 19 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 1 | presented to the family of Charlotte Wax as an expression of
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| 2 | our deepest sympathy.
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