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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 Helen Rose Kessler of Bethalto, who 
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passed away on January 7, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on January 27, 1917, in Pueblo, 
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Colorado, the daughter of Rufus E. and Helen M. (Woods) Craig; 
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she married Joseph D. Kessler on May 26, 1934 in Salem; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She worked at Bethalto High School for 12 years 
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and at Frankie's Sewing and Alteration at Wilshire Village in 
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East Alton; she was a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church in 
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Godfrey, a Sunday school teacher and choir member at Concordia 
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Lutheran Church in Cottage Hills, and had been a member of 
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Senior Citizens and Tops Club  in Bethalto since 1972; and


 
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    WHEREAS, Helen Kessler was preceded in death by her 
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husband, Joseph; her parents; her three sons, Jon, Joseph, and 
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James; and her two brothers, Kenneth and Ned Craig; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Helen Kessler is survived by her daughters, Anna 
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B. Shaw and Beverly J. Miller; her sons and daughters-in-law, 
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Gary D. and Janice Kessler and Phillip E. and Deborah Kessler; 
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her grandchildren, Joseph N. Kessler, Maria Dalton, Shari 
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Yates, Cynthia Cervera, Jon Kessler, Joseph D. Kessler, Alissa 
 


 






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Dawson, Cory Kessler, and Rayna Kessler; her nine 
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great-grandchildren; her  daughter-in-law, Judith Kessler; and 
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her sister, Martha J. Wiegel; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Helen Rose Kessler; and 
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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 Helen Rose Kessler as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.