Bill Text: IL SR0675 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Mary Eloise Cockrum of Belleville.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-04 - Resolution Adopted [SR0675 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0675-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 Eloise Cockrum, nee Seymour, of | ||||||
| 4 | Belleville, who passed away on February 19, 2010; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum was born on March 10, 1920, in | ||||||
| 6 | Benton; her parents were John Floyd "Happy" Seymour and Hettie | ||||||
| 7 | Austin Seymour; she married George Haskell Cockrum in 1940; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum was well known as a gifted pianist, | ||||||
| 9 | writer, and teacher; she graduated from Southern Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | University in Carbondale at the age of 50; she served her | ||||||
| 11 | community as a Worthy Matron in the Eastern Star; she taught | ||||||
| 12 | Sunday school at the Sesser First Baptist Church; she was an | ||||||
| 13 | advertising writer and buyer at the Krupnick Advertising Agency | ||||||
| 14 | in St. Louis; she also managed a dairy farm and apple orchard | ||||||
| 15 | in Sesser for 70 years with her husband; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum was preceded in death by her husband; | ||||||
| 17 | her son, John Seymour Cockrum; her parents; her sister, Helen | ||||||
| 18 | Faye Riddle (Jack); and her brother, John Seymour (Lois); and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum and her husband were the parents of | ||||||
| 20 | Brenda Faye Cockrum and Georgia Jean Cockrum Costello; her most | ||||||
| 21 | cherished moments were spent with her grandchildren, Holly Jean | ||||||
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| 1 | Croak Midgett (James), Jerry Francis Costello II (Lori), Gina | ||||||
| 2 | Maria Costello Terschluce (Steve), and John Patrick Costello | ||||||
| 3 | (Lindsay); she took great pride in her great-grandchildren, | ||||||
| 4 | Mary Caitlin Winston, Wyatt Luke Winston, John "Jay" | ||||||
| 5 | Maximillian Sinovic, Jerry Francis Costello III, Victoria Jean | ||||||
| 6 | Costello, Austin Patrick Keen, Georgia Danielle Costello, | ||||||
| 7 | Emmajean Faye Hearty, Brenna Elizabeth Hearty, Rorey Patrick | ||||||
| 8 | Keen, and Ireland Maureen Keen; she is survived by her brother, | ||||||
| 9 | Frank Seymour (Elaine); and her nieces, nephews, and cousins, | ||||||
| 10 | Phillip Riddle, Pam and Mark Nyman, Mary Mills, Debbie and | ||||||
| 11 | Terry Griffith, Pat Lawwill, Jake Seymour, Steve and Jane | ||||||
| 12 | Stanley, and Judy Costello; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 15 | her family and friends, the passing of Mary Eloise Cockrum; and | ||||||
| 16 | be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Mary Cockrum as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | sympathy.
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