SR1068 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mary Ellen Fischer of Godfrey, who passed away on November 16, 2010; and

WHEREAS, She was born November 26, 1923, in Blair, the daughter of David and Mona Starr (Ervin) Jones; she attended Blair Country School and Sparta High School; and

WHEREAS, She attended Shurtleff College, where she met her future husband, Paul M. Fischer; they were married January 29, 1944, in Sparta; she and her husband lived in the Alton area for more than 50 years; and

WHEREAS, She was a Girl Scout troop leader and past president of the River Bluffs Girl Scout Council, an active member and past president of P.E.O. Chapter GG, an active member of College Avenue Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of Ruth Circle, and served as an elder and a deacon, and a member and past president of the Alton Community Service League; she also was a member of the Ladies Golf League at Lockhaven Country Club, where she scored a hole-in-one on Hole Number 8 at age 79; she was an avid fisherwoman, and had a stump named in her honor at Wood Lake, Ely, Minnesota; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her sister, Betty (Mrs. Eugene) Lane; and

WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Fischer is survived by her husband of 66 years, Paul; her children, Thomas Paul (Cathy) Fischer, Ann Elisabeth (Dr. David) Athas, Dr. John William (Amy) Fischer, and Laura Jane Fischer; her grandchildren, Andrew Paul (Allegra) Fischer, Rosemary Margherita Fischer, Julie Ann Athas, Laura Elisabeth Athas, Nicholas Robert (Monica) Fischer, Craig Michael (Trisha) Fischer, and Kirstin Elizabeth Fischer; her great-grandchildren, Riley Lee Fischer, Grace Margaret Fischer, and James Michael Fischer; and her brother-in-law, Dr. Don A.(Sue) Fischer; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ellen Fischer; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mary Ellen Fischer as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.