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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Diane E. |
| 4 | | Wilkins, who passed away on October 12, 2013; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was born on December 22, 1946 in |
| 6 | | Aurora; her parents were Alvin Ray and Dorothy Evelyn (nee |
| 7 | | Hill) Niswander; she married Ted Wilkins on April 14, 1984 at |
| 8 | | Paulton Church of God; she attended school in Aurora and was a |
| 9 | | graduate of Aurora High School; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, During the Vietnam War, Diane Wilkins served her |
| 11 | | country by enlisting with the United States Army, where she |
| 12 | | worked as a surgical assistant in plastic surgery until her |
| 13 | | honorable discharge; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was a member of Marion Elks Club |
| 15 | | Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks No. 800 and was made an |
| 16 | | honorary member of Marion VFW Heyde-Pillow Post 1301; she was |
| 17 | | also an honorary member of many other civic organizations; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was employed with the United States |
| 19 | | Postal Service as a rural mail carrier for many years; in the |
| 20 | | early 1990s, she began working for The Daily Republican |
| 21 | | newspaper in Marion as an inserter; she later became one of its |
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| 1 | | news reporters, a position she thoroughly enjoyed until her |
| 2 | | retirement in 2009; she met and spoke with many famous people |
| 3 | | during her career, including Presidents Ronald Reagan, George |
| 4 | | H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, and Lady |
| 5 | | Antebellum; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins enjoyed watching the news, spending |
| 7 | | time with her cats, and playing bingo; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins was preceded in death by her parents |
| 9 | | and her husband, Ted Wilkins; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Diane Wilkins is survived by her daughter and |
| 11 | | son-in-law, Jennifer L. and Darrell Calhoun; her son, Brian |
| 12 | | Rendleman; her 6 grandchildren; her beloved cat, Smokey; and |
| 13 | | her other extended family members and friends; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 16 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of |
| 17 | | Diane E. Wilkins; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Diane Wilkins as an expression of |
| 20 | | our sympathy.
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