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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Doris E. Parson of Sandwich, who passed 
4away on December 28, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Doris Parson was born on April 8, 1924, in 
6Springfield; she was the daughter of Cecel and Esther (Hood) 
7Dorworth; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Doris Parson graduated from Lanphier High School 
9in Springfield in 1942; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Doris Parson was employed in the dietary 
11department at Memorial Hospital in Springfield for 25 years 
12until her retirement in 1989; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Doris Parson was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran 
14Church in Sandwich; she was also a volunteer at Fox Valley 
15Older Adults for 15 years and volunteered at Meals on Wheels 
16for 10 years; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Doris Parson was preceded in death by her parents; 
18her son, Master Sergeant Gary Parson, USMC; her sister, Lola 
19Stewart; and her brother, C. Edward Dorworth; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Doris Parson is survived by her daughter, Darlene 
2Kay (Milton) Martin; her sons, Wayne (Kathy) Parson and Richard 
3(Corinne) Parson; her grandchildren, Melissa Jeffery, Lisa 
4(Kenneth) Stephens, Theresa (Jeff) Howell, Regina Coons, 
5Tamara (Mike) VanDyke, Captain Peter (Tommye) Nelson, USMC, 
6Michael (Laura) Parson, and Stacy (Daniel) Carty; her 21 
7great-grandchildren; her 11 great-great-grandchildren; and her 
8many nieces and nephews; 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 Doris E. Parson; and be 
12it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Doris Parson as an expression of our 
15sympathy.