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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Charlotte Maris Wax of Newman, who
4 passed away on December 18, 2022 at the age of 103; and
5 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was born in Tuscola on February 27,
6 1919 and graduated from the University of Illinois; and
7 WHEREAS, Along with work on the family farm in Newman
8 raising corn, soybeans, Duroc hogs, and Shorthorn cattle,
9 Charlotte Wax taught business at the high school in Tuscola;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was a lifelong member of the Newman
12 Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher
13 and Methodist Woman member; she was active in the Newman
14 Woman's Club, serving as a 50-year member; she was still a
15 devoted 49-year member of the Stephen A. Douglas Chapter of
16 the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she had served
17 as Regent and Honorary Regent; she was a long time 4-H leader
18 with the Newman Kum-Joy-Nus 4-H Club, and she started the
19 Buttons n Bows Home Economics Club for sewing and food
20 projects; she also chaperoned the dorms for many years at the
21 Illinois State Fair; and
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1 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was the Illinois Future Homemakers
2 of America Chapter Mother in 1969 and was selected as
3 Illinoisan of the Day at the Illinois State Fair in 2018; and
4 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax enjoyed genealogy, reading, playing
5 euchre, watching Illini sports, and spoiling her ten
6 grandchildren and 25 plus great-grandchildren; and
7 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was preceded in death by her
8 husband of 43 years, Ray Wax, and her parents, Ward and Zala
9 Maris; and
10 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax is survived by her sons, Wallace
11 (Becky) and Richard (Carol); her daughter, Martha (Robert);
12 her grandchildren, Deborah Holifield, Kimberly Rund, Michael
13 Wax, Andrea Gallagher, Katharine Sherman, David Wax, Andrew
14 Wax, Kristina Milburn, Roberta Lower, and Scott Burris; and
15 her great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL
17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
18 Charlotte Maris Wax and extend our sincere condolences to her
19 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
20 further
21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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1 presented to the family of Charlotte Wax as an expression of
2 our deepest sympathy.
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