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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Donna Jean Herr of Collinsville, who
4 passed away on September 16, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born April 1, 1956, in Inglewood,
6 California; she was a registered nurse and was currently
7 working at St. Louis County Correctional Facility; she also
8 worked many years at St. Louis University Hospital; she married
9 Jeffrey A. Herr on May 14, 1989, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church
10 in Collinsville; and
 
11     WHEREAS, She was the co-owner of Jeff Herr's Cullop
12 Jennings Florist in Collinsville since 1992; she was a member
13 of Holy Cross Lutheran Church and the Collinsville Junior
14 Service Club; and
 
15     WHEREAS, She was a 1974 graduate of Collinsville High
16 School and a 1978 graduate of Maryville College with an
17 Associate Degree in nursing; she was a master gardener through
18 the University of Illinois Extension; she will be remembered
19 for the love of her family and the special times shared with
20 her children; and
 
21     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her father, Pete

 

 

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1 Perucca; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Donna Jean Herr is survived by her husband,
3 Jeffrey A. Herr; her mother, Selma "Sam", nee Wells, Perucca;
4 her daughter, Rachel Lynn Herr; her son, Vincent A. Herr III;
5 her brother, Pete Perucca; her sister and brother-in-law,
6 Judith "Twig" and Robert Omelson; her nieces and nephews, P.J.
7 Perucca, Lauren Omelson, Anna Omelson, and Clayton Omelson; and
8 her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Philip and Charleen Herr;
9 therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
11 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
12 her family and friends, the passing of Donna Jean Herr; and be
13 it further
 
14     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15 presented to the family of Donna Jean Herr as a symbol of our
16 sincere sympathy.