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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Patricia Eileen "Pat" Wiggers of
4Springfield, who passed away on August 29, 2010; and
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born March 16, 1935 in Decatur to Warren
6T. and Mary Alice Gibson French; she attended elementary
7schools in Indiana and eastern Illinois; she graduated from
8Tuscola High School in 1953; she later graduated from
9Decatur-Macon County Memorial Hospital in 1956, where she
10earned her degree in Nursing; and
 
11    WHEREAS, She married Milton Wiggers in Springfield on
12September 8, 1957; and
 
13    WHEREAS, As a registered nurse, she was employed by
14Illinois State School in Lincoln; she continued her nursing
15profession with Springfield Clinic, Memorial Hospital, Dr.
16William White, and Doctors Hospital in the Springfield area
17until her retirement; and
 
18    WHEREAS, She was a longtime devoted member of the Northside
19United Methodist Church in Springfield; she was a member of the
20United Methodist Women, and worked countless hours in service
21for the church; she was a great cook, and could be found in the

 

 

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1kitchen of the church preparing meals for many events; she was
2also an avid reader, an accomplished seamstress, and loved to
3knit, making blankets and back packs for mission outreach
4projects through the church; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Her parents and her brother, John T. French,
6preceded her in death; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Patricia Wiggers is survived by her husband; her
8children, Mark (wife Patty) Wiggers, Doug (wife Carol) Wiggers,
9and Deborah (husband T. Richard "Rick") Bilyeu; her five
10grandchildren, Maria Bilyeu, Thomas Bilyeu III, Elizabeth Ann
11Wiggers, Matthew Bilyeu, and Timothy Wiggers; her great
12grandson, Tyree White; and her sister; Barbara French;
13therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
16her family and friends, the passing of Patricia Wiggers; and be
17it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to the family of Patricia Wiggers as a symbol of our
20sincere sympathy.