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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Sylvia 
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Gabel Pletcher of Plattville, who passed away on June 2, 2007; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sylvia Gabel Pletcher was born on January 6, 1926 
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in Joliet; she was a daughter of Stephen and Helen (Krokuik) 
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Ties; she married Russell Roy Gabel in Florida on September 14, 
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1945; they were married seven years until his unexpected death 
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on January 5, 1953; she later married Hugh Pletcher on November 
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29, 1975 in Plattville; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sylvia Gabel Pletcher will long be remembered as a 
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devoted cornerstone of the Kendall County Republican Party, 
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where she served in many capacities, including active 
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membership of the Central Committee and as a political liaison, 
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a position she held since 1991; she was a proud member of the 
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United States Congressional Club;

she was a former member of 
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the LaFox Charter Chapter of the American Business Women's 
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Association and was its 1984 Woman of the Year; she was the 
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precinct chairman for Lisbon Township; she was a charter member 
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of the Plattville VFW Auxiliary Post #8234; she was a former 
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coordinator for the DeKalb County Sandwich Fair Queen Pageant;


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she was employed at the Country Charm in Yorkville as its 
 


 






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Fashion Coordinator for several years; and she was employed 
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from 1966 until 1991 as secretary of the Kendall County 
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Cooperative Extension Services; and

 

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    WHEREAS, Sylvia Gabel Pletcher was preceded in death by her 
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parents; her husbands; her brother, Stephen Ties; and her 
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sisters, Mary Ann Hollis and Bernadine Horkey; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Sylvia Gabel Pletcher is survived by her children, 
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Terry Gabel and his wife, Sue, and Patricia Norr and her 
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husband, Wayne; her grandson, Jeffrey Norr and his wife, 
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Elaine; her great-grandson, Isaac J. Norr; her sisters, Helen 
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Fracaro and Theresa Zuchowski; her brother and sisters-in-law, 
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Tom Horkey, Dorothy Shearer, and Alta (Larry) Langland; and 
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several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Sylvia 
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Gabel Pletcher; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Sylvia Gabel Pletcher as an 
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expression of our sympathy.