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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Stacy Verne Dixon of Chicago, who passed 
4away on May 21, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon was born to Shirley V. Allers and 
6Wayne L. Boyle; she attended  Eastern Illinois University, where 
7she met her future husband, Jeffrey A. Dixon, in 1978 and they 
8were married a year later; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon began her public relations career 
10working for 15 years at AT&T; she later started her own public 
11relations firm in 1994 and three years later, her husband 
12joined her to form Dixon and Co., Public Relations and 
13Government Affairs; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon enjoyed reading and was a member of 
15the Beverly Bookinistas and the South Loop Book Club; she 
16enjoyed her retreat from the city, a three-story home she and 
17her husband built in 2004 in Michigan City, Indiana, that was 
18painted lilac, dubbed "Purple Haze"; and

  
 
19    WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon was preceded in death by her parents, 
20her father-in-law, Senator Alan J. Dixon; and her brother, 
21Steven Boyle; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Stacy Dixon is survived by her husband, Jeff; her 
2daughters, Jessica Suzanne (Scott) Heitman and Whitney 
3Elizabeth (Nicholas) Buha; her granddaughter, Lily Joan 
4Heitman; her mother-in-law, Joan "Jody" Dixon; her siblings, 
5Suzanne Boyle (Jim Haverstick) and Scott (Lisa) Allers; and 
6many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
8ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
9Stacy Verne Dixon, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
10family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
11further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of Stacy Dixon as an expression of our 
14deepest sympathy.