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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with sadness of the death of Helen M. DeMand of Wood
4 River on Sunday, April 10, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born on March 2, 1925, in Ironton,
6 Missouri, to Sherman and Hattie (Fahland) Barnes; she married
7 Jacob A. DeMand on June 27, 1943, in Fredericktown, Missouri;
8 he preceded her in death on August 5, 2000; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mrs. DeMand had worked as a clerk at Reese Drugs
10 in Wood River and was retired; she was an active resident at
11 Foxes Grove Retirement Community; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The passing of Helen M. DeMand has been deeply
13 felt by many, especially her daughter, Margaret "Peggy"
14 Gilreath and her husband, Curtis; her son, James "Pete" DeMand;
15 her daughter-in-law, Mary (the wife of the late John E.
16 DeMand); her grandchildren, Dawn Kessler, Nathan Gilreath,
17 Jason DeMand, Jessica Laird, Jim DeMand, Laura Hamilton, and
18 Nina Slifer; her great-grandchildren, Collin, Kaitlyn, Megan,
19 Jeffrey, John, and Kayla; and her brother, Sherman A. Barnes
20 and his wife, Rosemarie; in addition to her husband, she was
21 also preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Gertrude
22 Selinger; and her brothers, Robert, Pat, and Edgar Barnes;
23 therefore, be it
 
24     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
25 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
26 Helen M. DeMand, and we extend our sincerest condolences to her
27 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
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29     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
30 presented to her family as an expression of our deepest

 

 

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