Bill Text: IL SR1244 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bernice M. Lafontaine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [SR1244 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1244-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 Bernice M. Lafontaine, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | May 19, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Bernice Lafontaine was born on June 29, 1927 in | ||||||
6 | Johnsburg; her parents were George and Emma (nee Miller) King; | ||||||
7 | she married Eugene Lafontaine on June 14, 1947; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Bernice Lafontaine was employed at the Jewel | ||||||
9 | grocery store in McHenry for 20 years; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Bernice Lafontaine was a member of St. Patrick's | ||||||
11 | Church for 66 years; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Bernice Lafontaine was well known as the "Cookie | ||||||
13 | Lady" due to her love of baking cookies for all occasions; she | ||||||
14 | also enjoyed visits with her grandchildren and | ||||||
15 | great-grandchildren in participating in card clubs with her | ||||||
16 | friends in McHenry and Zephyrhills, Florida; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Bernice Lafontaine was preceded in death by her | ||||||
18 | husband, Eugene, and her brother, George "Jim" King, Jr.; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Bernice Lafontaine is survived by 3 children, |
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1 | Kathy M. (Gene) Hashley, Tim (Val) Lafontaine, and Tom (Pepper) | ||||||
2 | Lafontaine; grandchildren, Jennifer Hashley and Pete Lowy, | ||||||
3 | Matt and Katie Hashley, Pete and Erin Hashley, Tiffany and Kyle | ||||||
4 | Sobczak, Kyle and Stephanie Lafontaine, Jessica Lafontaine, | ||||||
5 | and Tyler Lafontaine; great-grandchildren, Charlotte, | ||||||
6 | Benjamin, and Joshua Hashley, Abraham Lowy, and Addison and | ||||||
7 | Brayden Sobczak; sisters, Marie Klinker and Edna Paddock of | ||||||
8 | McHenry; and her loving caregiver, Emma Tiu; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
11 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Bernice M. Lafontaine; | ||||||
12 | and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Bernice Lafontaine as an expression | ||||||
15 | of our sympathy.
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