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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Lois M. DeWane of Woodstock, who passed 
4away on February 16, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Lois DeWane was born in Sugar Grove and raised on 
6the family farm; her parents were Elmer and Marion Myers; after 
7the death of her father, she, her mother, and her sister moved 
8to Belvidere to be with her brother, Everett; while in 
9Belvidere, she met her future husband, Emmet J. DeWane, and 
10they were married on June 9, 1951; after marrying, they settled 
11in Woodstock, where they raised their family and would remain 
12for the rest of their lives; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Lois DeWane was a beautician and later a stay at 
14home mother for many years; she also worked at Woodstock 
15Memorial Hospital for 15 years until her retirement; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Lois DeWane was preceded in death by her husband, 
17Emmet; her parents; her siblings, Everett (Vera) Myers, Darwin 
18Myers, and Dorothy (Edward) Young; and her brother and sister 
19in-laws, Leo and Dorothy DeWane, Bernard and Arlene DeWane, 
20Donald and Ann DeWane, JoAnn DeWane, and Gen (Russ) Osmun; and

  
 
21    WHEREAS, Lois DeWane is survived by her children, Gary 
 
 
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1(Tracey) DeWane, Sherry (Dennis) Pribble, Debra (Edward) 
2Stewart, and Kelly DeWane; her grandchildren, Joshua Pribble, 
3Jake Pribble, Veronica Stewart, and Brian Stewart; her 
4brother-in-law, John DeWane; and her sister-in-law, Mary (nee 
5DeWane) Statter; therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her 
8family and friends, mourn the passing of Lois M. DeWane; and be 
9it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to the family of Lois DeWane as an expression of our 
12sympathy.