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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, LaVerne E. Trent of Alton died November 18, 2004; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She was born September 14, 1926 in Wood River to |
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| Walter and Clara (Harrington) Manns; she married Gilbert "Gib" |
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| Trent on February 24, 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, She had retired as a legal secretary for several |
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| area attorneys and was a member of the Legal Secretary's |
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| Association in Madison County; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1957, she and her husband joined the First |
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| Baptist Church of Rosewood Heights, where she served as |
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| treasurer, deaconess, and choir member; one of the true loves |
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| of her life was listening to her husband speak at church |
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| meetings, and her family always said she was the true spirit of |
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| the Trent family; she will be remembered forever for her love |
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| of her family and dear friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents and one |
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| sister, Janet Bradley; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of LaVerne E. Trent will be felt by |
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| all who knew and loved her, especially her husband, Gilbert; |
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| her sons and daughter-in-law, Gib Trent, Jr. and Larry and |
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| Jeanne Trent; her grandchildren and their spouses, David and |
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| Misty Trent, Steve and Deborah (Trent) Schrepfer, Derek Trent, |
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| Darin and Tara Trent, and Angela and Andy Blasingim; and her |
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| great-grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, She is also survived by Jonnie Morgan, who was |
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| like a special daughter to her; her very special lifetime |
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| friends, Maxine Bechtold, Helen Littleton, and Louise Moore; |
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| and a host of many other dear friends and relatives; therefore, |