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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Judith Ann Farmer of Brighton, who passed 
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away on November 6, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on October 18, 1941, in Alton; her 
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parents were Glen V. and Elizabeth Leota (Wyman) Dooley; she 
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married John J. Farmer on November 18, 1961 in Alton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She worked as a waitress at the B & K Cafe in 
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Brighton; she also worked at the Watson Laundry and loved to 
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iron clothes; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Judith Farmer was the sacristan at St. Alphonsus 
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Catholic Church in  Brighton; she also held tickets to the Alton 
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Little Theater longer than any other individual; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; and her 
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brother, Gary Dooley; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Judith Ann Farmer is survived by her husband, 
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John; her daughters and sons-in-law, Bridgett Ann (Ed) Morris, 
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Debra Elizabeth Kesler, and Mary Beth (Rusty) Ruyle; her sons, 
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John Edward Farmer, Mark Anthony Farmer, Harry Glen Farmer, and 
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Joseph Frank Farmer; her ten grandchildren; her three 
 


 






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great-grandchildren; her sisters, Joyce Stoops and Christina 
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Whitaker; and her brother, Dennis Dooley; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Judith Ann Farmer; and 
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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 Judith Ann Farmer as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.