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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express
3 their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Emma
4 Merlock, who passed away on March 6, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Emma Merlock was born on April 19, 1910, in
6 Bradley, to John and Mary Jerina; she spent her childhood in
7 Owen, Wisconsin, and moved to the Waukegan/North Chicago area
8 as a young woman; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Emma Merlock married Frank I. Merlock on September
10 6, 1931; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Mrs. Merlock was an active member of her
12 community; she was a member of St. Anne KSKJ Society, St. Roch
13 Society, and the Christian Mothers Sodality of Mother of God
14 Church; she was a parishioner of Queen of Peace Church; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Emma Merlock was preceded in death by her husband,
16 Frank, her parents, and her sisters, Mary Kinsey and Jennie
17 Mulligan; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The passing of Emma Merlock will be felt by all
19 who knew and loved her, especially her children, Frank (Mary)
20 Merlock, Blanche (Gene) Ptasienski, and Jim (Kathie) Merlock;
21 her grandchildren, Bill (Deb), Tony (Caron), Frank Al
22 (Kaitlyn), Alan (Nancy Kawa), and Jay Merlock, and Greg (Diane)
23 and Walt Ptasienski, Sandy (Mike) Cairns, and Megan (Randal)
24 Unsell; her 18 great-grandchildren; her 3
25 great-great-grandchildren; her sisters, Sophie Mivshek,
26 Frances (Bill) Hernersbach, and Anne (Tony) Lesnak; and her
27 brothers, Fritz (Frances) and Frank (Frances) Jerina;
28 therefore, be it
 
29     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL

 

 

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1 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
2 all who knew and loved her, the death of Emma Merlock; and be
3 it further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of Emma Merlock.