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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  learned  with  regret of the death of Mary Beatrice
 4    DeSherlia on Saturday, August 16, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mary DeSherlia was born Mary Keller on April  7,
 6    1930   in  Louisiana,  Missouri  to  Charles  and  Marguerite
 7    (Johnson) Keller; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mary Keller married William H. DeSherlia, Sr. at
 9    St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Grafton on October 1,  1947;
10    they  shared  34  years together before his death on February
11    21, 1982; and

12        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  DeSherlia's  parents  moved  to   Grafton
13    shortly  after  her birth and she was an active member of the
14    Grafton community  her  entire  life;  she  and  her  husband
15    operated  DeSherlia  Fish  Market  in Grafton for many years,
16    closing the business shortly before his death; and

17        WHEREAS, Mrs. DeSherlia also worked at  a  young  age  in
18    Grafton  at  her  parents' business, Keller's Steakhouse, and
19    continued the family business after their death, closing  the
20    restaurant  in 1982; she was honored as "Senior Miss Grafton"
21    in 1994; and

22        WHEREAS, The passing of Mary DeSherlia  has  been  deeply
23    felt  by  all who knew and loved her, especially her sons and
24    daughters-in-law, William H. and Terrye DeSherlia, Daniel and
25    Jeneane DeSherlia, Christopher DeSherlia, and Joseph and  Jan
26    DeSherlia;  her  grandchildren,  Hope, Billy, Nipper, Karrie,
27    Jennifer, Andy, Mary, Karen, Jacob, Benjamin, and Laura;  her
28    stepgrandchildren,  Kevin  and Kyle; her great-grandchildren,
29    Alexis, Mackenzie, Coby, Cody, Tyler, and Rhylon; her  sister
30    and  brother-in-law,  Margaret  and  Kenneth  Whaley; and her
31    brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles "Pat" and  Betty  Keller
 
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 1    and Larry and Mary Keller; and

 2        WHEREAS,  Mary  DeSherlia  was  preceded  in death by her
 3    husband, William DeSherlia, Sr.;  her  parents,  Charles  and
 4    Marguerite   Keller;   her  great-granddaughter,  Angel  Hope
 5    DeSherlia; her  sisters,  Betty  Jean  Goodwin,  Theresa  Ann
 6    Foval,  and  Sarah  "Sally" Holder; and her brothers, William
 7    Keller and Michael Keller; therefore, be it

 8        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
 9    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
10    of Mary DeSherlia and extend  our  deepest  sympathy  to  her
11    family, friends, and community; and be it further

12        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
13    presented to the family of Mary DeSherlia as an expression of
14    our sincerest condolences.