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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
Dora Mikoff-Markel of Alton, who passed 
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away on March 27, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was born on March 30, 1930 in 
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Alton; she was the daughter of Lee and Grace (Field) Whiteside; 
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she married Roscoe Russell Mikoff Sr. on June 30, 1947 in 
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Alton; he preceded her in death in 1992; she married Art Markel 
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on July 16, 2005 in Alton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel owned and operated Dorrie's 
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Home Cafe for eight years, Moderne Beauty Salon for 11 years, 
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and worked at the snack counter at Bowl Haven for 11 years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was an avid bowler and loved to 
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cook for her family and friends; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was the amazing mother of four 
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children; Roscoe Mikoff Jr. and his wife, Rosie, Nick Mikoff 
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and his wife, Barb, Karen Dorris and her husband, Terry, and 
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Susan Weaver and her husband, Garry; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel was preceded in death by her 
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parents; her first husband; her brother, Don Whiteside; and her 
 


 






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sisters, Mary Fleming, Betty DeRoy and Viola Schlobaum; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Dora Mikoff-Markel is survived by her 
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grandchildren, Kara Greenwood (Matt), Aaron Mikoff (Emily 
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Vetter), Michael Mikoff, Andrew and Kelly Dorris, and John and 
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David Weaver; her great-grandchildren, Kara Vetter, Sophia and 
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Alaina Greenwood, and Nathan and David Mikoff; and her brother, 
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Leroy Whiteside and his wife, Gloria; she was also blessed by 
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Art Markel's surviving children, Vicky and Jim Swinney, Marie 
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and Ron Daube, and Carla and Al Pranaitis; and Art Markel's six 
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grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and 12 
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great-grandchildren; 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 Dora Mikoff-Markel; 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 Dora Mikoff-Markel as an expression 
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of our sympathy.