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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate of the State of |
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| Illinois were saddened to learn of the death of Imelda M. |
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| Nilges of Aurora on April 29, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Imelda M. Nilges was born on October 12, 1926, in |
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| Richmond, Kansas; she was married to Anthony "Tony" Nilges on |
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| September 6, 1947, at St. Therese Church in Richmond, Kansas; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, As her children grew up and left home, Imelda |
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| devoted more time to her parish; she was involved in the |
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| Blessed Virgin Sodality, Bingo, the resale house, and parish |
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| festivals; she cared for the altar linens and was a Eucharistic |
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| minister, taking communion to the homebound; in 1990, she |
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| received an award from the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women |
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| for her service to her parish; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Imelda M. Nilges will be deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her husband, Tony Nilges; her |
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| children, Sharon McNamara, Rosemary (Dick) Hauser, David |
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| Nilges, Cathy (Roger Lee) Kott, Bonnie (Archie) Vargas, and |
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| Marsha (Doug) Bock; her 15 grandchildren; her 12 |
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| great-grandchildren; her three brothers, Vernon (Evelyn) |
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| Pickert, Adrian (Charlotte) Pickert, and Lawrence (Patty) |
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| Pickert; her three sisters, Henrietta (Raymond) Mersman, |
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| Dolores (Don) Oswald, and Ann (Mark) Mersmann; as well as many |
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| beloved extended family members; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, Blanche |
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| (Kipper) and Joseph A. Pickert; her great-granddaughter, Amber |
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| McNamara; and her younger brother, James Pickert; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |