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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
| 3 | to learn of the death of Diane Elaine Rawlings of | ||||||
| 4 | Jacksonville, who passed away on November 8, 2022; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Diane Rawlings was born to Richard Orr and Edra | ||||||
| 6 | Pauline Henry Johnson in Portsmouth, Virginia on December 14, | ||||||
| 7 | 1945; she graduated from Triopia High School; she married | ||||||
| 8 | Richard G. "Dick" Rawlings on April 29, 1978; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Diane Rawlings began her 46 and a half year | ||||||
| 10 | banking career at Farmers State Bank in Jacksonville; she | ||||||
| 11 | began as a teller, was promoted to manager of the West Morton | ||||||
| 12 | Avenue facility, and later returned to the main bank as a | ||||||
| 13 | customer service supervisor; she was named vice president of | ||||||
| 14 | Human Resources and Marketing in 1997 and eventually retired | ||||||
| 15 | in 2015; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Diane Rawlings served as president of the Morgan | ||||||
| 17 | County Women's Republican Club and held lifetime memberships | ||||||
| 18 | in the Kappa Omega Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and the Passavant | ||||||
| 19 | Hospital Auxiliary; she was also involved in the Jacksonville | ||||||
| 20 | Area Chamber of Commerce, the Art Association of Jacksonville, | ||||||
| 21 | and the Prairieland United Way and volunteered for the CACHE | ||||||
| 22 | drives; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Diane Rawlings enjoyed playing bridge and was an | ||||||
| 2 | avid St. Louis Cardinals fan; she adored her family and | ||||||
| 3 | enjoyed taking family vacations, spending time on their | ||||||
| 4 | houseboat, and taking Sunday drives with her husband; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Diane Rawlings was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 6 | husband and her three brothers, Richard Lee Johnson and his | ||||||
| 7 | wife Gerry, Kenneth Wayne Johnson, and Donald Earl Johnson; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Diane Rawlings is survived by her two children, | ||||||
| 10 | Monica (Christopher) Carroll and Michael Rawlings; her four | ||||||
| 11 | grandchildren, Jackson Carroll, Elaine Carroll, Nate Rawlings, | ||||||
| 12 | and Olivia Rawlings; her two sisters-in-law, Judy Johnson and | ||||||
| 13 | Carol Johnson; and her several nieces and nephews; therefore, | ||||||
| 14 | be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 17 | Diane Elaine Rawlings and extend our sincere
condolences to | ||||||
| 18 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| 21 | presented to the family of Diane Rawlings as an expression of
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| 1 | our deepest sympathy.
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