Bill Text: IL SR0812 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bess K. Meersman.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0812 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0812-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 Bess K. Meersman, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 26, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bess Meersman was the owner and operator of the | ||||||
| 6 | Bread Box Bakery and Strawberry Fields Catering in Moline; she | ||||||
| 7 | was also a co-founder of Campaign Management Services, a | ||||||
| 8 | campaign consulting firm, in the early 1990s; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Bess Meersman served as chairman of the Rock | ||||||
| 10 | Island County Republican Party from 1992 to 2000; she also | ||||||
| 11 | served on the Illinois Republican State Central Committee and | ||||||
| 12 | was a delegate to the 1992 Republican National Convention; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Bess Meersman is survived by her husband, H. Moss | ||||||
| 14 | Meersman, and her daughter, Marti Meersman; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 17 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bess K. Meersman; and | ||||||
| 18 | be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Bess Meersman as an expression of | ||||||
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| 1 | our sympathy.
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