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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Dorothy R. (McConnell) Harris of Alton,
4 who passed away on April 7, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Dorothy Harris was born on January 28, 1916 in
6 Gillespie; she was the daughter of the late John and Julia
7 (Gatton) McConnell; she married James G. Harris Sr. on February
8 18, 1939 in Alton; he passed away on December 26, 1996; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Dorothy Harris spent her life devoted to her
10 loving family; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Dorothy Harris was preceded in death by her
12 parents; her husband; her brother, John E. McConnell; her
13 sisters, Elizabeth Henderson, Margaret Barrett, Mary Chesus,
14 and Dolores Peipert; her son-in-law, Paul Moginot; and her
15 grandsons, Christopher Voss and Steven Moginot; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Dorothy Harris is survived by her sons and their
17 spouses, James G. Harris Jr. and Phyllis Ax, Jonathan G. and
18 Jackie Harris, and Mark J. and Linda Harris; her daughters and
19 their spouses, Rita and Jim Voss, Julie and Gene Peyton, Chris
20 and Dick Alford, Pam and Peter McFarlane, Monica Harris, Mary
21 Pat and Scott Darr, Janet and Tom Kane, and Cindy and Mike

 

 

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1 Slaughter; her 38 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren;
2 her four great-great-grandchildren; and her sisters, Mildred
3 (Billye) Walker, Theresa Barrett, and Betty Yenny; therefore,
4 be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 her family and friends, the passing of Dorothy Harris; and be
8 it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Dorothy Harris as an expression of
11 our sympathy.