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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Steven "Steve" W. Whisler
4 of Sheffield on Tuesday, March 8, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born on September 8, 1947, in Muscatine,
6 Iowa, to Woodrow and Dorothy (Standfield) Whisler; he married
7 Joyce Petersen on January 30, 1972; he later married Patricia
8 Goffrier on September 8, 2001, in Sheffield; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Whisler was a 1966 graduate of Western High
10 School in Sheffield; he served his country as a member of the
11 U.S. Army and was a welder for Hyster/BOMAG for 37 years; and
 
12     WHEREAS, A member of the First United Church of Christ in
13 Sheffield, the passing of Steven "Steve" W. Whisler has been
14 deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Patricia; his mother,
15 Dorothy; his son, Matthew Whisler; his daughter, Michele (Marc)
16 Mongan; his stepchildren, Teresa (Emri) Huseini, Michelle
17 (Gary) Moore, Jeremy Goffrier, and Gretchen (Jose) Pereda; his
18 sister, Cheryl Taplin; his grandchildren, Taylor Austin Steele
19 and Kody Alan Mongan; his step-grandchildren, Ardina and Suzana
20 Huseini, Kassandre Verschage, John Moore, and Mikaela Pereda;
21 he was preceded in death by his father and grandparents;
22 therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
25 Steven "Steve" W. Whisler, and we extend our deepest sympathy
26 to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be
27 it further
 
28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to his family as an expression of our sincere
30 condolences.