Bill Text: IL SR0024 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Helen Rose Kessler of Bethalto.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-02-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0024 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SR0024-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
learn of the death of Helen Rose Kessler of Bethalto, who
passed away on January 7, 2009; and
WHEREAS, She was born on January 27, 1917, in Pueblo,
Colorado, the daughter of Rufus E. and Helen M. (Woods) Craig;
she married Joseph D. Kessler on May 26, 1934 in Salem; and
WHEREAS, She worked at Bethalto High School for 12 years
and at Frankie's Sewing and Alteration at Wilshire Village in
East Alton; she was a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church in
Godfrey, a Sunday school teacher and choir member at Concordia
Lutheran Church in Cottage Hills, and had been a member of
Senior Citizens and Tops Club in Bethalto since 1972; and
WHEREAS, Helen Kessler was preceded in death by her
husband, Joseph; her parents; her three sons, Jon, Joseph, and
James; and her two brothers, Kenneth and Ned Craig; and
WHEREAS, Helen Kessler is survived by her daughters, Anna
B. Shaw and Beverly J. Miller; her sons and daughters-in-law,
Gary D. and Janice Kessler and Phillip E. and Deborah Kessler;
her grandchildren, Joseph N. Kessler, Maria Dalton, Shari
Yates, Cynthia Cervera, Jon Kessler, Joseph D. Kessler, Alissa

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Dawson, Cory Kessler, and Rayna Kessler; her nine
great-grandchildren; her daughter-in-law, Judith Kessler; and
her sister, Martha J. Wiegel; 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 Helen Rose Kessler; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Helen Rose Kessler as a symbol of
our sincere sympathy.