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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Ann Copelin of Virden, who passed away on
4 May 9, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born February 27, 1941, in Springfield, a
6 daughter of Harry Watson and Thelma Ruth (Shoemate) English;
7 she married Kenneth T. "Festus" Copelin on August 31, 1959, in
8 Virginia, Illinois;; and
 
9     WHEREAS, She was a 1959 graduate of Virden High School, a
10 member of the First Christian Church in Virden, and a member of
11 the Prairie Red Hatter's; and
 
12     WHEREAS, She had worked as a waitress for Hall's Restaurant
13 in Virden and formerly worked for Dickey-John Corporation in
14 Auburn, and as a dispatcher for the Macoupin County Sheriff's
15 Department and the Virden Police Department; and
 
16     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Ann Copelin is survived by her son, Kenneth R.
18 Copelin; her daughters, Kathleen R. Copelin and Christina M.
19 Copelin; her brother, John T. "Jack" English; her 5
20 grandchildren; her 5 great-grandchildren; and several nieces

 

 

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1 and nephews; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 her family and friends, the passing of Ann Copelin; and be it
5 further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Ann Copelin as a symbol of our
8 sincere sympathy.