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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Helen M. DeMand of Wood |
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| River on Sunday, April 10, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on March 2, 1925, in Ironton, |
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| Missouri, to Sherman and Hattie (Fahland) Barnes; she married |
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| Jacob A. DeMand on June 27, 1943, in Fredericktown, Missouri; |
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| he preceded her in death on August 5, 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMand had worked as a clerk at Reese Drugs |
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| in Wood River and was retired; she was an active resident at |
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| Foxes Grove Retirement Community; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Helen M. DeMand has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her daughter, Margaret "Peggy" |
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| Gilreath and her husband, Curtis; her son, James "Pete" DeMand; |
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| her daughter-in-law, Mary (the wife of the late John E. |
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| DeMand); her grandchildren, Dawn Kessler, Nathan Gilreath, |
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| Jason DeMand, Jessica Laird, Jim DeMand, Laura Hamilton, and |
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| Nina Slifer; her great-grandchildren, Collin, Kaitlyn, Megan, |
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| Jeffrey, John, and Kayla; and her brother, Sherman A. Barnes |
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| and his wife, Rosemarie; in addition to her husband, she was |
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| also preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Gertrude |
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| Selinger; and her brothers, Robert, Pat, and Edgar Barnes; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Helen M. DeMand, and we extend our sincerest condolences to her |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest |