Bill Text: IL SR1558 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wilma Lucille Smith of Anchorage, Alaska.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1558 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1558-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 Wilma Lucille Smith of Anchorage, Alaska, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on May 25, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Wilma Smith was born on March 20, 1925 in Wausau, | ||||||
6 | Wisconsin to Otto Ihlenfeld and Ariel Cottrell; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Wilma Smith earned her high school equivalence and | ||||||
8 | an associate's degree in Business Administration while in her | ||||||
9 | 50s, as she had to leave school and work to help support her | ||||||
10 | family during the Great Depression; she also took pride in her | ||||||
11 | support of the war effort during World War II, moving to Los | ||||||
12 | Angeles and becoming a skilled assembler of the precision | ||||||
13 | instruments used in the American heavy bombers that helped | ||||||
14 | liberate Europe; she married Harry H. Smith near the end of the | ||||||
15 | war; and
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16 | WHEREAS, In the 1950s, Wilma Smith and her family relocated | ||||||
17 | to Flint, Michigan, where she worked as an emergency room ward | ||||||
18 | clerk at St. Joseph Hospital, then as a pediatric ward clerk at | ||||||
19 | McLaren General Hospital; she also worked in a variety of | ||||||
20 | service occupations and volunteered later in life, helping | ||||||
21 | children and other seniors; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Wilma Smith was preceded in death by her parents, | ||||||
2 | and by her husband, Harry; and
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3 | WHEREAS, "Gramma Willie", as she was lovingly known, is | ||||||
4 | survived by her children, Lynnell Catherine (James H.) Hanes | ||||||
5 | and Brian (Cherie) Kibble-Smith; her grandchildren, Daniel, | ||||||
6 | Rachel, Sarah, Bethany, and David; her grand-nephew, Jonathan; | ||||||
7 | her great-grandchildren, Krystal Everhart and Matthew Wilson; | ||||||
8 | and numerous loving relatives and many friends; therefore, be | ||||||
9 | it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
12 | Wilma Lucille Smith, and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
13 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
14 | further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Wilma Smith as an expression of our | ||||||
17 | deepest sympathy.
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