SR0445 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mabel Rosetta Kinser Cole, who passed away on April 17, 2015; and

WHEREAS, Mabel Cole was born on August 16, 1910 east of Virden; her parents were John Michael and Ellen Otey Kinser; she married George Allen Cole on April 5, 1931 at her parents' home west of Greenfield; and

WHEREAS, Mabel Cole moved to Greenfield at the age of 9; after graduating from Greenfield High School in 1928, she attended 6 weeks of training at Illinois State Teachers College in Normal and began teaching in a one-room country school; and

WHEREAS, Mabel Cole led 4-H clubs, taught Sunday school classes, and was actively involved in the Home Bureau while raising her children; she then resumed teaching school by accepting the position to teach Head Start in Nilwood; she later taught at schools in Girard and Palmyra; and

WHEREAS, Mabel Cole was an avid reader a writer of poems, prose, and short stories; she also loved writing contest entries and won several prizes, including a trip to the New York World's Fair, while a member of the Springfield Contest Club; and

WHEREAS, In 1991, Mabel Cole was honored by Lt. Governor Corinne Wood with the Illinois Woman of Achievement Award; she was also inducted into the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame in 2007 and was the last surviving founding member of the Silver Strands Senior Citizens Center in Palmyra; and

WHEREAS, As a child, Mabel Cole attended Wesley Chapel Church east of Virden; she later attended Greenfield First Baptist Church, where she held membership throughout her life; and

WHEREAS, Mabel Cole was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 2 brothers, Guy and Lynn Kinser; a sister, Floy Kinser Chapman; and a grandson, Jonathan Vial; and

WHEREAS, Mabel Cole and her husband were the parents of 4 children, David (Shirley), Gale (Joy), Nancy Vial, and Kendall (Charlot); they also had 13 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Mabel Rosetta Kinser Cole; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mabel Cole as an expression of our sympathy.