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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 Lena "Grandma Moose" Sly,
4 age 103, of Wood River, on October 12, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born in Jasper County on October 25, 1901,
6 to John and Etta (Kingery) Elliot; and
 
7     WHEREAS, As a member of the Retail Clerks Union, she was a
8 seamstress for Miller's Dress Store and Illinois Cleaners for
9 many years; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She was a member of the Women of the Moose for
11 more than 50 years and also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of
12 the Veterans of Foreign Wars; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The Wood River Moose Lodge 1349 played a prominent
14 part in her life and it was there that she was affectionately
15 known to everyone as "Grandma Moose"; Grandma was a fixture at
16 the Moose Lodge, a waitress extraordinaire, and a person
17 described by her friends and customers as friendly, bubbly,
18 inspiring, and spirited; and
 
19     WHEREAS, One friend noted that people came to the Moose
20 Lodge just to see Grandma; her friend remembered that Grandma
21 would ask about a customer's family and remember those details,
22 whenever the customer returned; also, "Grandma could tell you
23 things about your family, that you didn't know."; and
 
24     WHEREAS, Amazingly, Grandma continued to cook, work in the
25 kitchen, and serve customers at the Lodge, until her declining
26 vision at the age of 101 compelled her to cease working as a
27 waitress; and
 
28     WHEREAS, While Grandma will be sorely missed by her family

 

 

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1 and her many friends at Lodge 1349, her spirit will live on in
2 family stories and at the Moose Lodge in the tales and laughs
3 her memory will evoke; and
 
4     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents, two
5 brothers, Lester and Omar Elliott; a son and daughter-in-law,
6 Johnie and Eloise Sly; and a great-granddaughter, Hillary Lynn
7 Ross; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The passing of Lena "Grandma Moose" Sly will be
9 felt by all who knew and loved her, especially her children and
10 their spouses, Lavon and Clinton Cook, Eileen and Lee Klunk,
11 Betty and Lynn Unterbrink, and Harold and Pat Sly; her five
12 siblings and their spouses, Jessie Gephart, Denver and Eleanor
13 Elliott, Myrna Alcoke, Elbert Elliott, and Delbert and Helen
14 Elliot; her grandchildren and their spouses, Tommy Sly, Danny
15 and Donna Sly, Julie and Mike Hopkins, Jim and Christee Cook,
16 Carol Cook, Susie and Ken Brigman, Nancy Stephens, Gail and Ron
17 Deichmann, Marsha and Brian Brueggemann, Linda and Jim Nelson,
18 Cathy and Robert Bablok, and Tammy Long; her thirty-three
19 great-grandchildren; her seven great-great-grandchildren; and
20 many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
 
21     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
22 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
23 Lena "Grandma Moose" Sly and we extend our sincerest
24 condolences to her family, friends, and community; and be it
25 further
 
26     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
27 presented to her family and to Moose Lodge 1349 as an
28 expression of our deepest sympathy.