Bill Text: IL SR0276 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mary Lou Cousley of Alton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-09 - Resolution Adopted [SR0276 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0276-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Mary Lou Cousley of Alton, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on February 24, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was born in St. Louis, Missouri | ||||||
6 | to James and Jean (Handley) Williamson on July 11, 1940 and | ||||||
7 | grew up in East St. Louis; she married Stephen A. Cousley on | ||||||
8 | June 8, 1963 and they settled in Alton; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley taught second grade at Central | ||||||
10 | School in Roxana; she coached the women's tennis team at Lewis | ||||||
11 | and Clark Community College in Godfrey for nine years; she and | ||||||
12 | her husband owned and managed Dormann's Gifts and Interiors in | ||||||
13 | Alton for 16 years before she retired; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was an avid tennis player and | ||||||
15 | golfer; she was a runner-up in the Boynton Beach Links Ladies | ||||||
16 | Championship and had three holes-in-one; she excelled as a | ||||||
17 | chef, party planner, and entertainer, and one of her "jobs" was | ||||||
18 | DJ for the Social Committee at Colonial Ridge Club, where she | ||||||
19 | spent her winters; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was a charter member of the Alton | ||||||
21 | Marketplace and a member of the Junior League of Greater Alton; |
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1 | she was involved with the Community Service League, P.E.O. | ||||||
2 | Chapter IL, the Alton Children's Theatre, and the Jennie D. | ||||||
3 | Hayner Library Board; she was a volunteer with many other | ||||||
4 | agencies; she loved helping beautify Riverview Park and the | ||||||
5 | Sunken Garden, and co-chairing the event known as the Duck | ||||||
6 | Pluckers Ball, a fundraiser for Alton Memorial Hospital | ||||||
7 | Foundation to purchase new ambulances; she was a longtime | ||||||
8 | member of First Presbyterian Church, where she served as a | ||||||
9 | deacon; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley was preceded in death by her | ||||||
11 | parents and her brother, Charles Williamson; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Mary Lou Cousley is survived by her husband of 54 | ||||||
13 | years, Steve; her daughter, Jean Cousley; her son, Mark (Mary) | ||||||
14 | Cousley; her grandchildren, Chrysa Cousley, Alex Cousley, and | ||||||
15 | Katie Cousley; and many other in-laws, cousins, nieces, and | ||||||
16 | nephews; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
18 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
19 | Mary Lou Cousley, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
20 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
21 | further
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22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to the family of Mary Lou Cousley as an expression of | ||||||
2 | our deepest sympathy.
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