Full Text of SR0790 95th General Assembly
SR0790 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Evelyn Roberts of Joliet, who passed away | 4 |
| on June 7, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born to the late Charles and Margaret | 6 |
| Boggio, in Coal City, May 14, 1915; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a graduate of Coal City High School and | 8 |
| Gallagher School of Business in Kankakee, where she met her | 9 |
| future husband; together they started R.W. Roberts Co. in 1960 | 10 |
| and grew the business for 19 years; she was a resident of | 11 |
| Joliet since 1955, where she was active in parish life at the | 12 |
| Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus and St. Paul the Apostle | 13 |
| Church and volunteer service through Women of Rotary, Joliet | 14 |
| Hospice, and St.
Joseph Hospital Auxiliary; and
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| WHEREAS, Evelyn was grounded by a deep faith and strong | 16 |
| family bonds; she was the heart, soul, and historian of her | 17 |
| entire family; she was blessed with a love of life and gift for | 18 |
| music that she readily shared; at the Inn at Willow Falls in | 19 |
| Crest Hill, where she had lived since 2002, she played the | 20 |
| organ for chapel services and entertained often with lively | 21 |
| piano playing that set toes tapping; she had a friendly | 22 |
| outgoing spirit and never met a stranger, and she was a |
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| thoughtful and sensitive friend, mother, and grandmother; she | 2 |
| enjoyed card games, especially bridge, swimnastics, and doing | 3 |
| needlepoint, leaving a legacy of fun and artwork for family and | 4 |
| friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death in 2002 by her devoted | 6 |
| husband of 66 years, Robert W. Roberts; and
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| WHEREAS, Evelyn Roberts is survived by her loving children, | 8 |
| Lynne Brooker, Dr. John and Mrs. Valerie Roberts, Jayne and | 9 |
| William Becker; her twelve grandchildren, Lauri Kubinski, | 10 |
| Tracy and John Katz, Steven T. Brooker, David and Jodi Brooker, | 11 |
| Robert and Rhonda Brooker, Kristen, Kate, David and Mark | 12 |
| Roberts, Molly and Jim Lyons, John and Marci Becker, and Erika | 13 |
| and Neil Glines; her eighteen great-grandchildren; her four | 14 |
| great-great-grandchildren; her sister, Mardeen
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| Berta; her sisters-in-law, Ethel Mae Flanders and Mary Jane | 16 |
| Zumwalt; her brother-in-law, John R. (Jan) Roberts; her | 17 |
| honorary granddaughter, Ann Postel; and numerous nieces and | 18 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Evelyn Roberts; and be | 22 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Evelyn Roberts as a symbol of our | 3 |
| sincere sympathy.
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