Bill Text: IL SR1498 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Margaret Ruth Dorsey of Waukegan.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-02-18 - Resolution Adopted [SR1498 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1498-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 Margaret Ruth Dorsey of Waukegan, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on January 18, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Margaret Dorsey was born on September 25, 1924 in | ||||||
| 6 | Florence, Alabama; her parents were George and Olivia | ||||||
| 7 | Hollingsworth; she resided in North Chicago and Waukegan for 77 | ||||||
| 8 | years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Margaret Dorsey retired from American Motors | ||||||
| 10 | after 30 years of employment; after retiring, she became a | ||||||
| 11 | certified manicurist; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Margaret Dorsey enjoyed fishing, rummage sales, | ||||||
| 13 | cooking, casino trips, gardening, and spending time with her | ||||||
| 14 | family; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Margaret Dorsey was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 16 | husband, James Dorsey, Sr.; her parents; her son, Doctor James | ||||||
| 17 | Dorsey, Jr.; her daughter, Joan Winston; her brothers, George | ||||||
| 18 | and Robert Hollingsworth; and her grandchildren, Yvonne | ||||||
| 19 | Winston, Abray Dorsey, and Jocelyn Dorsey; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Margaret Dorsey is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
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| 1 | Frances (Patrick) Tompkins; her sons, Curtis (Barbara) Dorsey | ||||||
| 2 | and Marvin (Brenda) Dorsey; her brother, Fred Hollingsworth; | ||||||
| 3 | her nieces, Brianne (Shawn) Rhyner and Arnita (Michael) | ||||||
| 4 | Johnson; her nephews, Melvin (Catherine) Craigen and Alvin | ||||||
| 5 | (Ernestine) Craigen; her grandchildren, Belinda, Patrick, | ||||||
| 6 | Tinya, Jerine, Catherine, Barbara, Curtis II, Jamie, Derrick, | ||||||
| 7 | Kelley, Tamara, and Khershuana; her 14 great-grandchildren; 13 | ||||||
| 8 | great-great-grandchildren; and her many other relatives and | ||||||
| 9 | friends; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 12 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Margaret Ruth Dorsey; | ||||||
| 13 | and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to the family of Margaret Dorsey as an expression of | ||||||
| 16 | our sympathy.
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