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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
Marjorie E. Coffee of Geneva, who passed |
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| away on September 3, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Marjorie Coffee was born on February 4, 1926 in |
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| Chicago; she was the daughter of Walter and Mary (nee Heelan) |
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| Hansen; and
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| WHEREAS, Marjorie Coffee was very proud of her work as an |
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| executive secretary for International Magnetics in Franklin |
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| Park and Hot Point in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Marjorie Coffee was very proud that she married |
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| two World War II veterans and cherished the time she spent with |
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| her first husband, Edward E. Masterson, who passed away in |
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| 1979, and her second husband, James Coffee, who passed away in |
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| 1989; and
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| WHEREAS, Marjorie Coffee was an avid bridge player who |
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| loved life and had a great Irish sense of humor; her greatest |
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| enjoyment in life was taking care of her family; and
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| WHEREAS, Marjorie Coffee was preceded in death by her |
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| parents; her first husband, Edward E. Masterson; her second |
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| husband, James Coffee; her son, Edward Masterson; her brother, |
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| William "Bud" Hansen; and her stepson, James Coffee; and
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| WHEREAS, Marjorie Coffee is survived by her daughter, Karen |
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| Ramey; her grandchildren, Michael (Lindsey) Masterson and |
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| Brian Ramey; her sister, Marie Kennedy; her step-children, |
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| Carolyn (Bruce) Slown, Susan (Raymond) Hinkle, Sheila Coffee, |
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| Kevin (Rachel) Coffee, Richard (Sue) Coffee, Betsy Coffee, |
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| Thomas (Sue) Coffee, and Claudia Coffee; her |
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| step-grandchildren, Emily Coffee, Jayme, Scott, and Eric |
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| Slown, Kate and Lauren Hinkle, David and Brent Coffee, Emily |
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| and Nathan Coffee, and Grace and Christopher Coffee; and her |
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| many nieces and nephews; 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 Marjorie E. Coffee; 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 Marjorie E. Coffee as an expression |
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| of our sympathy.
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