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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Mildred Yvonne
4 Fitzgerrell, widow of State Representative Wayne Fitzgerrell,
5 on April 19, 2005 in Sesser; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mrs. Fitzgerrell was born September 1, 1913, in
7 Sesser, to Howard Burgess Young and Daisy Violetetti Bartlow
8 Young Tackitt; she graduated from Goode-Barren Township High
9 School; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She married Wayne Fitzgerrell on March 4, 1942, in
11 St. Louis; after his untimely death in 1965, she never
12 remarried; she retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1973
13 after 38 years of service; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Affectionately referred to as Sesser's First
15 Lady, she was a very community-minded person who was always
16 willing to help; she truly believed in education and wanted to
17 see the young people of the community have a chance to further
18 their education; she made a big difference in the lives of many
19 people and she tirelessly devoted herself to many community
20 projects, but she did not seek recognition or credit for
21 herself; and
 
22     WHEREAS, She served as Worthy Matron of the Mary V Chapter
23 of Eastern Star; she was a member and president of the Sesser
24 Woman's Club; she was a member of the Illinois Women's
25 Federation Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Sesser
26 Senior Citizens, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the
27 Rend Lake Foundation Board where she established an endowment
28 fund to provide an annual scholarship in honor of her late
29 husband, and the Goode-Barren Historical Society; she was a
30 member and Sunday school teacher at First United Methodist
31 Church of Sesser; she was instrumental in compiling and

 

 

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1 publishing the 1976 Bicentennial history of Sesser and
2 renovating the Sesser Historic Opera House; she received the
3 Golden Deeds Award from the Sesser Area Chamber of Commerce in
4 1984; she received the Presidential Award from the Rend Lake
5 Foundation Board; she donated a bicycle to the St. Jude
6 Bike-a-thon each year; and she worked diligently with the
7 fund-raising for the remodeling of the Goode Township Community
8 Building; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The passing of Mildred Yvonne Fitzgerrell is felt
10 by all who knew and loved her, especially her step-nephews,
11 Steve and Patty Young, Mike and Vergie Young, and Dennis and
12 Paige Young; her sister-in-law, Helen Young; her aunt, Mary
13 Bartlow; her cousins, Herb Sr. and Billie Winemiller, Herb Jr.
14 and Gwen Winemiller and daughters, Tiffany Winemiller and Misti
15 Winemiller; her sister-in-law, Josephine Fitzgerrell Junkins;
16 her nephew, Richard Fitzgerrell, son of William Fitzgerrell;
17 and her special caretakers, Margaret Goessman and Verna Queen;
18 and
 
19     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, her
20 parents, and her stepbrother, Roy Odle Young; therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that even as her death is
23 mourned, we give thanks for the blessing of Mildred Yvonne
24 Fitzgerrell's life and extend our sincere and heartfelt
25 condolences to her family, friends, and community; and be it
26 further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest
29 sympathy.