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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
3learn of the death of
Josephine Comfort of Peoria, who passed 
4away on May 5, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Josephine Comfort was born in Dale, North Dakota; 
6she was the daughter of George and Anna (Williams) Abraham; she 
7married James D. Comfort on April 14, 1952, in Peoria; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Josephine Comfort and her husband were the former 
9owners of Jim's Steak House in Peoria until retiring in 1987; 
10and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Josephine Comfort was a former member of St. 
12Bernard Catholic Church and the church's Mothers Club; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Josephine Comfort was preceded in death by her 
14husband; her 4 brothers; and her 4 sisters; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Josephine Comfort is survived by her daughter, 
16Mary (Howard) Thomas; her sons, James (Julie) Comfort II, 
17Timothy G. Comfort, and Gregory J. Comfort; her grandchildren, 
18Jim, Drake, Caitlin, and Dominic Comfort, Deanna Venzon, 
19Kristen, and Nick Comfort, and Vice, Elise, and Mary Thomas; 
20and her great-grandchildren, Maddie, Reid, and Lydia Venzon; 
 
 
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1therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
4her family and friends, the passing of Josephine Comfort; and 
5be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to the family of Josephine Comfort as an expression 
8of our sympathy.