SR0637 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Emily Elizabeth Kahl of Carlinville, who passed away on March 12, 2008; and

WHEREAS, She was born March 4, 1914, in Polk Township, the daughter of Raymond and Elenora Davis Hampton; she married Ralph Joseph "Rollie" Kahl; and

WHEREAS, She was a homemaker, worked at Kahl's Greenhouse, and cleaned homes; and she was active in the Spanish Needle Community Center; and

WHEREAS, Emily Kahl was preceded in death by her husband; her daughter, Eleanor Whitlow; her sons-in-law, Grover Turner, Tom Whitlow, and Jim Rosentreter; her daughter-in-law, Ruth Kahl; her brothers, Henry Hampton, Harold Hampton, and Arthur Hampton; and her sisters, Myra and Myrtle; and

WHEREAS, She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, William R. and Margo Kahl, Robert E. (special friend, Ruby Brown) Kahl, Delbert H. and Verna Kahl, George A. and Mary Kahl, Walter E. and Shirley Kahl, John and Peg Kahl, James R. (special friend. Leola) Kahl, and Donald C. and Margie Kahl; her daughters and sons-in-law, Alice L. Turner, Sue and Mitch Bryant, Wilma Jean and John Gibson, Judy Rosentreter, and Edith and Patrick Reed; her 57 grandchildren; her 118 great-grandchildren; her 44 great-great-grandchildren; her brothers, Eldon Hampton, Charles Hampton, John Hampton, and Dale Hampton: and her sisters, Mary Cook, Martha Remus, Virginia McMahon, and Jane Oller; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Emily Kahl; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Emily Kahl as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.