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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 Thelma Randolph Lewis of West Frankfort, 
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who passed away on June 3, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thelma Randolph Lewis was born June 10, 1907, in 
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Marion, the daughter of the late George W. Randolph and Mattie 
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(Bivins) Randolph;

she married R.V. Lewis in May 1928; and

 
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    WHEREAS, After living in East St. Louis, Evansville, 
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Indiana, and Orange County, California, Thelma and her husband 
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settled in West Frankfort in 1942, and together they founded 
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Southern Illinois Surgical Appliance Company; in 1950 they 
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acquired the Beltone Hearing Aid Franchise and  worked together 
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until her husband passed away in 1987; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother; 
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and she was a member of First Christian Church in West 
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Frankfort; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her 
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husband, Randolph V. Lewis; and her siblings, Lenora Randolph, 
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Betty Gorgan, Henry Randolph and Freeda Fowler; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Thelma Randolph Lewis is survived by her  
 


 






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daughters, Barbara Arensberg and husband, Walter, Beverly 
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Needham, Ruth Hudson and husband, Larson, and Marilyn Simpson 
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and husband, Mike; her son, Randy Lewis; her 21 grandchildren; 
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her 37 great-grandchildren; and her great-great-grandchild; 
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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 Thelma Randolph Lewis; 
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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 Thelma Randolph Lewis as a symbol of 
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our sympathy.