SR0097 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Berniece H. Lipe of Chester, who passed away on February 15, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Berniece Lipe was born to George Arthur and Hettie (Biggs) Fore on May 3, 1914, in Carbondale; she married Lawrence V. Lipe on April 4, 1936, in Cairo; and

WHEREAS, Bernice was a homemaker and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Chester and the United Methodist Women Club; and

WHEREAS, She was a librarian at the church and a Sunday school teacher; she volunteered at the Chester Library and was a member of Friends of the Library; she was also a member of the Chester Women's Club and RSVP; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lawrence; her sister; and her two brothers; and

WHEREAS, Berniece H. Lipe is survived by her two sons and daughters-in-law, Verdon and Jeannie Lipe, and Larry and Diana Lipe; her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Jerry Titus; her sister, Georgia DeFrank; her six grandchildren; her twelve great-grandchildren; and her two great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Berniece H. Lipe; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Berniece H. Lipe as a symbol of our sympathy.