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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Dorothy Knapp of East Peoria, who passed
4 away on October 28, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dorothy Knapp was born on January 8, 1923 in
6 Peoria; her parents were Joseph and Paula (Lichtsinn) Cook; she
7 married Carl H. Knapp on February 28, 1942 in Palmyra,
8 Missouri; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Dorothy Knapp was an assistant executive director
10 for the Board of Election Commissioners in Peoria, retiring
11 from that position in 1983; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Dorothy Knapp was a member of the clubs at
13 Neighborhood House; she was a member of Royal Neighbors of
14 America, the Illinois Association of Election Commission
15 Officials, Greater Peoria Chapter of 319 AARP, and the First
16 Christian Church in Peoria; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Dorothy Knapp was preceded in death by her
18 husband, Carl, and her sister; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Dorothy Knapp is survived by her daughter, Carol
20 A. Knapp; her son, Terry C. Knapp; her grandsons, Nicholas and

 

 

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1 Derek Knapp; and her several cousins; therefore, be it
 
2     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
3 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
4 her family and friends, the passing of Dorothy Knapp; and be it
5 further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of Dorothy Knapp as an expression of
8 our sympathy.