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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Dorothy |
| 4 | | Mae Coulter of Morton, who passed away on March 15, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Coulter was born in Peoria on March 13, |
| 6 | | 1922 to Royal J. and Nellie Minnie (nee Sank) Zerwekh; she |
| 7 | | married C. Elmer Coulter in Peoria on October 8, 1944; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Coulter was an active member of Trinity |
| 9 | | Lutheran Church and devoted her life to volunteerism; she |
| 10 | | participated in the annual summer vacation Bible school events |
| 11 | | and enjoyed assembling Braille reading books; she co-founded |
| 12 | | the Educable Mentally Handicapped program at her church and was |
| 13 | | involved with the program for over 40 years; in 2002, she |
| 14 | | received the Follower of the Lamb award from Bethesda Lutheran |
| 15 | | Homes & Services, Inc. in recognition of her service to persons |
| 16 | | with developmental disabilities; she also was a regular |
| 17 | | volunteer at the Bel-Wood Nursing Home and received its |
| 18 | | Volunteer of the Year Award in 2002 in recognition for her 30 |
| 19 | | years of weekly service; she served as a weekly volunteer at |
| 20 | | Valeska Hinton primary school and was recognized for her |
| 21 | | service in 1998 with the Quiet Hero Award from Peoria Public |
| 22 | | Schools; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Coulter enjoyed card games and going out |
| 2 | | to dinner and taking summer vacations with her family; she was |
| 3 | | always pushing her children and grandchildren to acquire as |
| 4 | | much education as they could; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Coulter was preceded in death by her |
| 6 | | husband, C. Elmer, and her grandson, Jeremy R. Coulter; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Dorothy Coulter is survived by her 3 sons, Royal |
| 8 | | J. (Kathy) Coulter, Gary D. (Dianne) Coulter, and Roger (Deb) |
| 9 | | Coulter; her 10 grandchildren, Chris (Melanie), Jeff |
| 10 | | (Allison), Matt (Kris), Tara (Ed), Melissa (Skyler), Meghan |
| 11 | | (Matt), Jaimee (Jeff), Joy (Erik), Jessica (Todd), and Jonah; |
| 12 | | her 18 great-grandchildren, Maria, Brian, Michael, Patrick, |
| 13 | | Ella, Claire, Jack, Bryn, Luke, Sam, Luca, Miles, August, |
| 14 | | Graham, Ivy, Gavin, Lila, and Sawyer; her sister, Mary Jane |
| 15 | | Russell; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 18 | | mourn the passing of Dorothy Mae Coulter, and extend our |
| 19 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew |
| 20 | | and loved her; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Dorothy Coulter as an expression of |