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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Melanie J. Kirk of Evanston, who passed
4 away on September 14, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Melanie J. Kirk was born on May 25, 1968 in
6 Evanston; her parents were Tilton Sr. and Lorraine Kirk; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Melanie J. Kirk was educated in the Evanston
8 public schools; she attended Western Illinois University; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Melanie J. Kirk was employed with the Advocate
10 Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, where she worked in
11 ambulatory surgery; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Melanie J. Kirk united with the First Church of
13 God Christian Center in 2003 and truly loved the church; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Melanie J. Kirk was preceded in death by her
15 sister, Phyllis Kay Kirk; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Melanie J. Kirk leaves to mourn: her precious
17 children, Portia Kirk, Kailynn Kirk, and Caleb and Carly
18 Johnson; her loving parents, Tilton Sr. and Lorraine; her
19 siblings, Gail (Robert) Moore, Linda Kirk, Gloria Kirk,

 

 

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1 Margaret (James) Hampton, Tilton Kirk Jr., Mildred (Ted) Brown,
2 and Quentin Kirk; her 11 nieces and nephews; her best friend,
3 Chandra Mabry; her special friend, Leonard Johnson; and a host
4 of aunts, uncles, cousins, relatives, and friends; therefore,
5 be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 her family and friends, the passing of Melanie J. Kirk; and be
9 it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Melanie J. Kirk as an expression of
12 our sympathy.