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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Dorothy Irene Sherman of Gillespie, who 
4passed away on August 27, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was born in Gillespie to George 
6and Tena (Harms) Weidner on November 26, 1921; she  married Roy 
7S. "Sadie" Sherman in Edwardsville on October 18, 1947; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was a business woman in  Gillespie 
9for 75 years; she and her husband started SuperBowl of 
10Gillespie in 1959; they also founded the Knights Inn Motel in 
111975; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was a member of United Methodist 
13Women, the United States Bowling Congress, and Royal Neighbors; 
14and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman was preceded in death by her 
16parents; her husband, Roy; her son, Robert D. Sherman; her 
17sister, Aurela Weidner; and her brother, Harold Weidner; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Dorothy Sherman is survived by her son, Roy W. 
19(Vicki) Sherman;  her daughter-in-law, Betty Sherman; her  
20grandchildren, Kerri (Kent) Frensko, Brad Sherman (Tiffany 
 
 
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1Spudich), Robert (Elise) Sherman, and Brian (Dominique) 
2Sherman; and her great-grandchildren, Brock Sherman, Dylan 
3Frensko, CJ Frensko, and Rowan Spudich-Sherman; therefore, be 
4it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
7Dorothy Irene Sherman, and extend our sincere condolences to 
8her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
9further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to  the family of  Dorothy Sherman as an expression of 
12our deepest sympathy.