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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Gloria Evelyn (Parnham) Carroll of East
4 Peoria, who passed away on January 22, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Affectionately called "Sis" by her siblings and
6 friends, Gloria was born on April 4, 1913, in East Peoria, the
7 second daughter of Floyd and Ida Siebenthal Parnham; she
8 attended Oak Grove School in Groveland until she went to work
9 as a nanny; and
 
10     WHEREAS, In 1932, she married Gene Carroll, the love of her
11 life for the next 58 years; Mrs. Carroll helped her husband
12 launch Carroll Coal & Feed Co. in East Peoria in the late
13 1940s; she served as office manager for the business until it
14 closed in the mid-1960s; and
 
15     WHEREAS, When Lincoln School opened in East Peoria in the
16 early 1950s, she was active with its parent group; she also was
17 active in Democratic Party politics for many years, serving as
18 an election judge; she supported her husband in his career as
19 an elected official in East Peoria in the 1950s and 1960s; and
20 she was a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of St.
21 Monica's Church in East Peoria; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Gloria Carroll was preceded in death by her
2 husband, Gene; her son, Jimmy; her daughter-in-law, Cathy; and
3 seven siblings; and
 
4     WHEREAS, She is survived by her son, Larry; her two
5 granddaughters; and her great-grandson; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 her family and friends, the passing of Gloria Carroll; and be
9 it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Gloria Carroll as a symbol of our
12 sincere sympathy.