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| | SR0081 | | LRB103 30896 ECR 57435 r |
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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 Charlotte Maris Wax of Newman, who |
| 4 | | passed away on December 18, 2022 at the age of 103; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was born in Tuscola on February 27, |
| 6 | | 1919 and graduated from the University of Illinois; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Along with work on the family farm in Newman |
| 8 | | raising corn, soybeans, Duroc hogs, and Shorthorn cattle, |
| 9 | | Charlotte Wax taught business at the high school in Tuscola; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was a lifelong member of the Newman |
| 12 | | Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher |
| 13 | | and Methodist Woman member; she was active in the Newman |
| 14 | | Woman's Club, serving as a 50-year member; she was still a |
| 15 | | devoted 49-year member of the Stephen A. Douglas Chapter of |
| 16 | | the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she had served |
| 17 | | as Regent and Honorary Regent; she was a long time 4-H leader |
| 18 | | with the Newman Kum-Joy-Nus 4-H Club, and she started the |
| 19 | | Buttons n Bows Home Economics Club for sewing and food |
| 20 | | projects; she also chaperoned the dorms for many years at the |
| 21 | | Illinois State Fair; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was the Illinois Future Homemakers |
| 2 | | of America Chapter Mother in 1969 and was selected as |
| 3 | | Illinoisan of the Day at the Illinois State Fair in 2018; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax enjoyed genealogy, reading, playing |
| 5 | | euchre, watching Illini sports, and spoiling her ten |
| 6 | | grandchildren and 25 plus great-grandchildren; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was preceded in death by her |
| 8 | | husband of 43 years, Ray Wax, and her parents, Ward and Zala |
| 9 | | Maris; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax is survived by her sons, Wallace |
| 11 | | (Becky) and Richard (Carol); her daughter, Martha (Robert); |
| 12 | | her grandchildren, Deborah Holifield, Kimberly Rund, Michael |
| 13 | | Wax, Andrea Gallagher, Katharine Sherman, David Wax, Andrew |
| 14 | | Wax, Kristina Milburn, Roberta Lower, and Scott Burris; and |
| 15 | | her great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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| 18 | | Charlotte Maris Wax and extend our sincere
condolences to her |
| 19 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
her; and be it |
| 20 | | further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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