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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the passing of Dorothy Honke Mundell, who passed away 
4on August 25, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born September 26, 1924, in Alton to Harry 
6and Lillian (Ibsen) Russell; she married Oliver Honke on 
7January 25, 1946, in Wood River, together, they owned and 
8operated Honke Pharmacy; he preceded her in death; she later 
9married Earl Mundell in January of 1986 and he preceded her in 
10death in 2010; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Dorothy earned her nursing degree from Alton 
12Memorial Hospital in 1944; she loved and enjoyed her family, 
13golfing, reading, and volunteering; and

  
 
14    WHEREAS, Dorothy Mundell was preceded in death by her 
15husbands; her parents; her son, Dennis Honke; her brothers, 
16Gene Russell and Richard Russell; and her stepdaughter, Ellen 
17Emde; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Dorothy Mundell is survived by her son, Thomas 
19Honke and daughter-in-law, Jerre; her daughter-in-law, Joni; 
20her stepdaughter, Jane Harris and her husband, Nelson; her 
21stepson, Harold Emde; her grandchildren, Betsy Honke, Alex 
 
 
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1Honke, Robert Honke and his wife, Maleana, Ryan Honke, and 
2Scott Honke and his wife, Jackie; her great-grandchildren, 
3Kathryn, Emily, Madison, Korin, and Andrew; her 
4step-grandchildren, Daniel, Christian, Lindsay, Steve, Jill, 
5Robby, and Becky; her step-great-grandchildren; her 
6sisters-in-law, Ruby Overton and Frances Russell; her nieces, 
7Jeannie Nassello, Becky Taylor, and Nancy Scahill; and her 
8nephew, Jim Overton; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
11her family and friends, the passing of Dorothy Mundell; and be 
12it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Dorothy Mundell as a symbol of our 
15sincere sympathy.