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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Berniece H. Lipe of Chester, who passed |
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| away on February 15, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Berniece Lipe was born to George Arthur and Hettie |
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| (Biggs) Fore on May 3, 1914, in Carbondale; she married |
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| Lawrence V. Lipe on April 4, 1936, in Cairo; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice was a homemaker
and a member of the First |
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| United Methodist Church in Chester and the United Methodist |
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| Women Club; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a librarian at the church and a Sunday |
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| school teacher; she volunteered at the Chester Library and was |
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| a member of Friends of the Library; she was also a member of |
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| the Chester Women's Club and RSVP; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her |
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| husband, Lawrence; her sister; and her two brothers; and
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| WHEREAS, Berniece H. Lipe is survived by her two sons and |
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| daughters-in-law, Verdon and Jeannie Lipe, and Larry and Diana |
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| Lipe; her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Jerry Titus; her |
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| sister, Georgia DeFrank; her six grandchildren; her twelve |