Full Text of SR0700 93rd General Assembly
SR0700 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Gladys Royce | 4 |
| Drost of Zion on Monday, October 4, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Drost was born on November 6, 1921 in Langlade | 6 |
| County, Wisconsin, and came to the Zion area in the 1940's; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Drost was employed at Warwick Electronics in | 8 |
| Zion for many years, and later retired in 1977 from Victory | 9 |
| Memorial Hospital; as a veteran, Gladys Drost served in World | 10 |
| War II with the Woman's Army Corp. (WAC), and she belonged to | 11 |
| the Winthrop Harbor Veterans of Foreign Wars, the White Lake, | 12 |
| Wisconsin American Legion, and the WAC Vets; she received a | 13 |
| Certificate of Honor from the French Government for serving in | 14 |
| France and contributing to the liberation of France in World | 15 |
| War II; she was also a long time member of the Zion-Benton | 16 |
| Women of the Moose; and
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| WHEREAS, Gladys Royce Drost was preceded in death by her | 18 |
| husband, Howard in 1989; her son, Barry in 1986; her | 19 |
| granddaughter, Deanna Allen in 2002; her brothers, Avery, | 20 |
| Arnold, Deward, Irvin and William "Dearl" Royce; her sisters, | 21 |
| Ethel Bealmear, Margaret Lambert, Mayme Drost and Joy "Pinky" | 22 |
| Krause; her infant brothers; and her parents, Robert and Bertha | 23 |
| (nee Choate) Royce; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Gladys Royce Drost will be deeply | 25 |
| felt by many, especially her daughters, Terry Allen and | 26 |
| Lynnette (Brian) Greorgeson; her grandchildren, Melissa Allen | 27 |
| Werve, Jeffrey Drost, Jaclyn Drost, and Angela Clark; her great | 28 |
| grandchildren, Alexis and Patrick Werve; her sisters, | 29 |
| Millicent "Boots" (William) Sunderland and Betty Bylaska; her | 30 |
| brother, Dennis (Geraldine) Royce; her sisters-in-law, Marian | 31 |
| and Janet Royce; and many nieces, nephews and friends; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Gladys Royce Drost along with all who knew and loved her and | 5 |
| extend our sincere condolences to her family and friends; and | 6 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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| presented to the family of Gladys Royce Drost as an
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| of our deepest sympathy for their loss.
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