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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of Norma L. Magnuson of West
4 Frankfort on Monday, July 4, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on July 22, 1935, in West Frankfort
6 to Thomas Walker and Flossie (Williams) Walker; she married
7 Virgil Magnuson, and he preceded her in death on November 3,
8 1998; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mrs. Magnuson was a member of Calvary Baptist
10 Church in West Frankfort; she received her master's degree in
11 English and her master's degree in library science; she was a
12 former high school teacher in Illinois and was retired from the
13 office of Faculty and Alumni at West Chester University in West
14 Chester, Pennsylvania; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The passing of Norma L. Magnuson has been deeply
16 felt by many, especially her brother, Oren Walker and wife,
17 Kay; her sisters, Esther Eggley and husband, Tom, and Frances
18 Pettit; her aunts, Elsie Lawrence, Mary Edna Lawrence, Freida
19 Williams, and Pearl Williams; and her many nieces, nephews,
20 great-nieces, and great-nephews; she was preceded in death by
21 her parents and her husband, Virgil; therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
23 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
24 Norma L. Magnuson, and we extend our sincere condolences to her
25 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
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27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
29 sympathy.