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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Wilma Maxine Zimmerman Goodwin of Herrin, |
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| who recently passed away; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilma Maxine Zimmerman Goodwin was born November |
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| 13, 1921, in Hurst to Clyde and Mae Zimmerman; she graduated |
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| from Hurst High in 1939;
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| WHEREAS, Wilma Goodwin worked for Dr. V. H. Burkhart in |
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| Hurst; she married Ed Goodwin of Herrin on June 14, 1941 in St. |
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| Louis; her husband was drafted and served time in United States |
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| Army during World War II, and while he was overseas she worked |
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| at Zwick and Goldsmith and at the office of Zwick's Ladies |
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| Store; she later took a position as secretary to the Train |
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| Master of the Missouri Pacific Railroad in Bush; when her |
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| husband returned from the service, Wilma resigned her position |
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| at the railroad to become a full time homemaker and prepared |
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| for a family;
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| WHEREAS, She was a past member of Hurst First Christian |
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| Church and Carterville First Baptist Church and was a current |
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| member of Herrin First Baptist Church; her life was devoted to |
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| being a Christian, a daughter, sister, wife, mother, |
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| grandmother, and homemaker for 85 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilma Goodwin was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her sister and brother-in-law, Izetta and Charles |
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| Cutrell; her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Harold and |
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| Lois Goodwin, Earl Goodwin, and Carl and Lillian Goodwin; and
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| WHEREAS, Wilma Goodwin is survived by her loving husband of |
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| 65 years, Ed Goodwin; her sons and daughters-in-law, Carl and |
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| Cookie Goodwin and Clay and Laurie Goodwin; her sister-in-law |
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| and brother-in-law, Mary Ruth and August Scherer; her |
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| grandchildren, A.J and Ann Turner, Kelly Trammel, Robin and |
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| David Banks, Bill and Andrea Turner, Amy and Justin McCann, Joe |
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| and Angela Goodwin, Paul and Elizabeth Grear, Robin and Dan |
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| Barkes, and Todd and Angela Grear; her great-grandchildren; and |
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| her nieces and nephews, Mildred Gehler, Eddie Goodwin, Mary Ann |
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| Goodwin, and Mike Scherer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Wilma Maxine Zimmerman |
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| Goodwin; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Wilma Goodwin as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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