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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
Fern Ellen Page of Shelbyville, who 
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passed away on April 13, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was born on July 7, 1923 in 
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Clarksburg; she was the daughter of Frank Thomas and Sylvia 
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Susan Bivins Wheat; she married Nile Wendall Page on November 
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22, 1945; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page graduated from Shelbyville High 
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School with the Class of 1941; she worked as a cook in the 
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Shelbyville Schools until her retirement; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was a member of the Fourth Street 
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United Methodist Church in Shelbyville and a former member of 
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Clarksburg United Methodist Church; she was also a member of 
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the Kaskaskia Boat Club and a charter member of Ladies of the 
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Moose 1325 and Eagles Lodge 4395, all of Shelbyville; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was an active member of the Shelby 
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County Democratic Party and was an avid bingo player; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page was preceded in death by her 
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parents; her stepfather, Selby Hopkins; and her stepsister, 
 


 






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Alvena Childress; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Fern Ellen Page is survived by her husband, Nile; 
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her sons, Tommy Stuart Page and Dennis Lynn Page; her three 
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grandsons, Derek, Dane, and Grant Page; her stepsisters, Gene 
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Arganbright, June Norfleet, and Retha Townsend; and her 
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stepbrothers, Kenneth Hopkins and Dale Hopkins; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Fern Ellen Page; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Fern Ellen Page as an expression of 
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our sympathy.