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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Mary Jane Rudd Rimbey, who passed away on
4November 29, 2012; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey was born on July 18, 1927, in
6Decatur; her parents were Alfred Clayton Sr. and Estella Jane
7Pollock Rudd; she married Hardin Lee Rimbey on November 28,
81948, in Jacksonville; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey was a graduate of Springfield
10High School and the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey served as a registered nurse for
1250 years before her retirement in 1997; during her career, she
13served as the Director of the Visiting Nurses Association of
14Morgan and Scott Counties; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey was a member of the Murrayville
16United Methodist Church and implemented the Parish Nurse
17program at the church; she was also a member of the Illinois
18Home Care Council; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey never lost interest in learning
20and kept her mind active by researching health interests on the

 

 

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1Internet; she also enjoyed staying active on Facebook with her
2grandchildren, watching the St. Louis Cardinals, cooking and
3baking, and spending time with her family and friends; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey was preceded in death by her
5husband and her brother, Alfred Clayton Rudd Jr.; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mary Jane Rimbey is survived by her daughters,
7Peggy (William) Zachary Jr. and Linda (Christopher) Wheal; her
8sons, Fred (Deborah) Rimbey and Cliff (Debbie) Rimbey; her
9grandchildren, Amy (Lance) Reynolds, Joshua Wheal, and Sarah
10(Joe) Hunt; her great-grandchildren, Stella and Zachary
11Reynolds; and her dear friends, Ellen Tarzwell, Nellie Tendick,
12Martha Joseph, and Totty Blimling; therefore, be it
 
13    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
14ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
15her family and friends, the passing of Mary Jane Rimbey; and be
16it further
 
17    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
18presented to the family of Mary Jane Rudd Rimbey as an
19expression of our sympathy.