Full Text of SR0316 96th General Assembly
SR0316 96TH 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
Katherine E. "Kay" Massey of Alton, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Kay Massey was the daughter of the late Edward and | 6 |
| Lucile (Tyner) Stobbs; in 1955, she married her high school | 7 |
| sweetheart, Richard Massey; and
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| WHEREAS, Kay Massey attended the University of Illinois and | 9 |
| was a member of the A O Pi Sorority; after her seven children | 10 |
| were born, she went back to college and graduated from the St. | 11 |
| Louis College of Pharmacy in 1976; and
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| WHEREAS, Kay Massey and her husband were the owners of | 13 |
| Massey Pharmacy in northern Alton until their retirement in | 14 |
| 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Kay Massey was a past President of the Alton | 16 |
| Children's Theatre and the Philanthropic Educational | 17 |
| Organization's Chapter GG; she was also a member of the | 18 |
| Community Service League, the Upper Alton Women's Club, and the | 19 |
| Illinois Coalition for Improving End of Life Care, as well as | 20 |
| the treasurer of the Godfrey Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Kay Massey pursued a wide variety of interests, | 2 |
| including quilting; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Kay Massey is survived by her husband; her | 4 |
| daughters, Sara (Craig) Lambert, Jill (Richard) Luft, Sue | 5 |
| Knight, and Dr. Barbara (Derrik) Spoelman; her sons, Ed (Penny) | 6 |
| Massey, Sam Massey, and Tom (Gina) Massey; her sisters, Sandra | 7 |
| (John) Jones and Mary (Tom) LaBoube; her 18 grandchildren; her | 8 |
| Massey family in-laws; and dozens of dear nieces and nephews; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, Kay Massey will be remembered by all who knew and | 11 |
| loved her as a kind, caring wife and mother who set high | 12 |
| standards and good examples for her children; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 15 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Katherine E. "Kay" | 16 |
| Massey; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Kay Massey as an expression of our | 19 |
| sympathy.
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