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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 Helen Ann Pierce of Dunlap
4 on Thursday, April 6, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on October 4, 1934, in PeeWee Valley,
6 Kentucky, to George and Camilla Hodge Baker; she married Marion
7 Pierce on August 7, 1960, in Louisville, Kentucky; and
 
8     WHEREAS, She worked as a school teacher for 50 years in
9 Dunlap School District 323 and served as Scholastic Bowl coach
10 until March 2006; she was a member of Prospect United Methodist
11 Church in Dunlap; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The passing of Helen Ann Pierce has been deeply
13 felt by many, especially her husband, Marion; her children,
14 Camilla (Jeff) Hempstead, Chester (Jean) Pierce, and Charles
15 (Jeanette) Pierce; and her grandchildren, Jessica Hempstead,
16 Jason Hempstead, Alayna Pierce, Alyssa Pierce, and Katie
17 Pierce; she was preceded in death by her parents; her sister,
18 Phoebe Althaus; and her brother, Charles Baker; therefore, be
19 it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
21 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
22 Helen Ann Pierce, and we extend our sincere condolences to her
23 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
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25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
27 sympathy.