Bill Text: IL SR0652 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Stacy Verne Dixon of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0652 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0652-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 Stacy Verne Dixon of Chicago, who passed | ||||||
| 4 | away on May 21, 2017; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon was born to Shirley V. Allers and | ||||||
| 6 | Wayne L. Boyle; she attended Eastern Illinois University, where | ||||||
| 7 | she met her future husband, Jeffrey A. Dixon, in 1978 and they | ||||||
| 8 | were married a year later; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon began her public relations career | ||||||
| 10 | working for 15 years at AT&T; she later started her own public | ||||||
| 11 | relations firm in 1994 and three years later, her husband | ||||||
| 12 | joined her to form Dixon and Co., Public Relations and | ||||||
| 13 | Government Affairs; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon enjoyed reading and was a member of | ||||||
| 15 | the Beverly Bookinistas and the South Loop Book Club; she | ||||||
| 16 | enjoyed her retreat from the city, a three-story home she and | ||||||
| 17 | her husband built in 2004 in Michigan City, Indiana, that was | ||||||
| 18 | painted lilac, dubbed "Purple Haze"; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon was preceded in death by her parents, | ||||||
| 20 | her father-in-law, Senator Alan J. Dixon; and her brother, | ||||||
| 21 | Steven Boyle; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon is survived by her husband, Jeff; her | ||||||
| 2 | daughters, Jessica Suzanne (Scott) Heitman and Whitney | ||||||
| 3 | Elizabeth (Nicholas) Buha; her granddaughter, Lily Joan | ||||||
| 4 | Heitman; her mother-in-law, Joan "Jody" Dixon; her siblings, | ||||||
| 5 | Suzanne Boyle (Jim Haverstick) and Scott (Lisa) Allers; and | ||||||
| 6 | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 9 | Stacy Verne Dixon, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
| 10 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 11 | further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to the family of Stacy Dixon as an expression of our | ||||||
| 14 | deepest sympathy.
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