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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 Nancy (Martin) Foder of West Frankfort, |
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| who passed away on March 27, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born March 2, 1948, in Roswell, New |
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| Mexico, to Captain John Robert Martin and Virginia Wilkinson; |
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| she married Anthony P. Foder on September 7, 1968, in St. John |
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| the Baptist Catholic Church in West Frankfort; and
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| WHEREAS, Nancy Foder graduated from Southern Illinois |
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| University Carbondale in 1971 and immediately began teaching in |
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| the West Frankfort school system; at CJHS she taught literature |
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| and English from 1973 to 1995 and physical education from 1996 |
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| to 2005, when she retired; she was loved and respected by both |
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| peers and students; and
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| WHEREAS, Nancy Foder was a member of Beta Sigma Phi |
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| Sorority for 32 years; for the past 20 years, she and her |
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| sisters of Xi Alpha Pi had many special memories; she was |
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| lectern at St. John the Baptist Church for several years; she |
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| was a tremendous supporter of the Redbirds and a member of the |
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| Redbird Booster Club; she was also a supporter of the Special |
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| Olympics, where she trained and coached special-need athletes; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her father, John |
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| Robert Martin; her step-father, Robert Otterson; her sister, |
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| Linda Martin Geer; her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John |
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| Martin; and her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel |
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| Wilkinson; and
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| WHEREAS, Nancy Foder is survived by her husband, Anthony; |
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| her mother, Virginia Otterson; her sons, Ryan and Kyle; her |
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| sisters, Sandy Hoskins and husband, Sam, Judy Lewis, Judy |
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| Jackson and husband, Tom, Becky Bennett, Brenda Otterson and |
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| husband, Michael Vaughan, and Delores Otterson and husband, |
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| Paul Lawrence; her brother Robert Otterson II; her |
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| sister-in-law, Janet Jones and husband, Andy; and many nieces, |
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| nephews, and cousins; 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 Nancy Foder; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Nancy Foder as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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