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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Stella
4 Kirkpatrick of Dowell, who passed away on January 30, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Stella Kirkpatrick was born on November 11, 1919
6 in Dowell; her parents were Mike and Terezia (Koss) Smolak Sr.;
7 she married James M. Kirkpatrick on October 17, 1936 in South
8 Bend, Indiana; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Stella Kirkpatrick was a homemaker; she was a
10 member of the Dowell Homemakers and Birthday Club; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Stella Kirkpatrick was of the Christian faith; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Stella Kirkpatrick was preceded in death by her
13 parents; her husband; her brothers, Paul Smolak, John Smolak,
14 Joseph Smolak, and Mike Smolak; and her sister, Anna Alice
15 Smolak; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Stella Kirkpatrick is survived by her daughter,
17 Betty Blanchard and husband, Robert; her son, James Kirkpatrick
18 and wife, Brenda; her grandchildren, Bob Blanchard, Janet
19 Stevenson, Kyle Blanchard, and Chelsea Kirkpatrick; and her
20 five great-grandchildren; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Stella Kirkpatrick will be remembered by all who
2 knew and loved her as a loving mother and grandmother who
3 enjoyed being with her family and who never met a stranger;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
7 mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Stella
8 Kirkpatrick; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Stella Kirkpatrick as an expression
11 of our sympathy.