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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Bess K. Meersman, who passed away on
4December 26, 2013; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Bess Meersman was the owner and operator of the
6Bread Box Bakery and Strawberry Fields Catering in Moline; she
7was also a co-founder of Campaign Management Services, a
8campaign consulting firm, in the early 1990s; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Bess Meersman served as chairman of the Rock
10Island County Republican Party from 1992 to 2000; she also
11served on the Illinois Republican State Central Committee and
12was a delegate to the 1992 Republican National Convention; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Bess Meersman is survived by her husband, H. Moss
14Meersman, and her daughter, Marti Meersman; therefore, be it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her
17family and friends, mourn the passing of Bess K. Meersman; and
18be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the family of Bess Meersman as an expression of

 

 

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1our sympathy.