SR0151 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Faye Sentel of Benton, who passed away on March 2, 2009; and

WHEREAS, She was born on July 20, 1925, in Hamilton County, the daughter of Willard Corn and Violet Jane (Biddle) Corn; she married Kenneth Dean Sentel on May 23, 1946; and

WHEREAS, Her number one occupations were as a wife and mother; she also worked as a cook for Severins Nursing Home in Benton and was a member of Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, east of Akin; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her grandson, Joshua Sentel; her brother, Lee Corn; her sister, Ruth Flannigan; and her son-in-law, Donnie Johnson; and

WHEREAS, Faye Sentel is survived by her children, Virginia Johnson, Robert Sentel, Nancy Launius and her husband, Darrel, Ruth Matyi, Bill Sentel and his wife, Julie, and Kenny Sentel and his wife, Roberta; her grandchildren, Kerri Hendren and her husband, Corey, Staff Sergeant Mark Johnson and his wife, Macy, John David Launius and his wife, Tammy, Christie Launius and her partner, Ciara Healy, Amy Launius and her husband, Jim Reith, Marcie Clark and her husband, Adam, Sarah Millenbine and her husband, Donnie, Alison Woodrow and her husband, Jason, Jessica Salmo and her husband, Captain Andrew Salmo, and Elijah Sentel; her great-grandchildren, Brandon, Abby, and Ethan Hendren, Kaylee Johnson, Preston and Pearson Launius, Chloe and Willa Reith, Calynn Clark, Mallorie Millenbine, and Grace and Annabell Woodrow; her brother, Robert and his wife, Mary Corn; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

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

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Faye Sentel as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.