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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Thelma Robertson of Marion |
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| on Friday, May 13, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Robertson was born on September 6, 1916, in |
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| Williamson County to John Logan and Garvie (Jarrett) Deaton; |
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| she married Raymond Boyd, who became a minister in Southern |
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| Illinois, and after his death she continued his ministry; she |
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| later married Ralph Robertson, and he preceded her in death; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Robertson was a member of the First Apostolic |
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| Church in Marion; she retired from the Anna State Hospital, |
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| where she worked in the Dietary Department; she loved to read |
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| and entertain family and friends; she was loved by all and will |
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| be missed; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Thelma Robertson has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her son and daughter-in-law, the Rev. |
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| John and Alice Boyd; daughters and son-in-law, Connie Gerhardt |
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| and LaDonna and Lowell Dryden; her grandchildren, Gary and |
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| Cristine Cosby, Sherry Ray, Kimberly and Greg Steinsultz, Mark |
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| and Belynda Boyd, Dena and Tim Gault, and Marti and Pete Craig; |
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| her 16 great-grandchildren; her four |
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| great-great-grandchildren; her sisters and brother-in-law, |
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| Ella and Marion Bush and Pauline Camden; her sisters-in-law, |
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| Francis Jourdan and Florene Deaton; her granddaughter-in-law, |
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| Kathleen Taylor; and her second husband's children, Bruce and |
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| Larry Robertson, and their children; she was preceded in death |
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| by her parents; her husbands; her daughter, Dorothy Boyd; her |
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| grandson, Steven Boyd; and her brothers, Herbert, Horace, and |
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| Herman Deaton; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |