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3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
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5 | 5 | | 3 to learn of the death of Charlotte Maris Wax of Newman, who |
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6 | 6 | | 4 passed away on December 18, 2022 at the age of 103; and |
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7 | 7 | | 5 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was born in Tuscola on February 27, |
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8 | 8 | | 6 1919 and graduated from the University of Illinois; and |
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9 | 9 | | 7 WHEREAS, Along with work on the family farm in Newman |
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10 | 10 | | 8 raising corn, soybeans, Duroc hogs, and Shorthorn cattle, |
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11 | 11 | | 9 Charlotte Wax taught business at the high school in Tuscola; |
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13 | 13 | | 11 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was a lifelong member of the Newman |
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14 | 14 | | 12 Methodist Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher |
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15 | 15 | | 13 and Methodist Woman member; she was active in the Newman |
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16 | 16 | | 14 Woman's Club, serving as a 50-year member; she was still a |
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17 | 17 | | 15 devoted 49-year member of the Stephen A. Douglas Chapter of |
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18 | 18 | | 16 the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she had served |
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19 | 19 | | 17 as Regent and Honorary Regent; she was a long time 4-H leader |
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20 | 20 | | 18 with the Newman Kum-Joy-Nus 4-H Club, and she started the |
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21 | 21 | | 19 Buttons n Bows Home Economics Club for sewing and food |
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22 | 22 | | 20 projects; she also chaperoned the dorms for many years at the |
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32 | 32 | | 1 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was the Illinois Future Homemakers |
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33 | 33 | | 2 of America Chapter Mother in 1969 and was selected as |
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34 | 34 | | 3 Illinoisan of the Day at the Illinois State Fair in 2018; and |
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35 | 35 | | 4 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax enjoyed genealogy, reading, playing |
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36 | 36 | | 5 euchre, watching Illini sports, and spoiling her ten |
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37 | 37 | | 6 grandchildren and 25 plus great-grandchildren; and |
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38 | 38 | | 7 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax was preceded in death by her |
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39 | 39 | | 8 husband of 43 years, Ray Wax, and her parents, Ward and Zala |
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40 | 40 | | 9 Maris; and |
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41 | 41 | | 10 WHEREAS, Charlotte Wax is survived by her sons, Wallace |
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42 | 42 | | 11 (Becky) and Richard (Carol); her daughter, Martha (Robert); |
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43 | 43 | | 12 her grandchildren, Deborah Holifield, Kimberly Rund, Michael |
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44 | 44 | | 13 Wax, Andrea Gallagher, Katharine Sherman, David Wax, Andrew |
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45 | 45 | | 14 Wax, Kristina Milburn, Roberta Lower, and Scott Burris; and |
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46 | 46 | | 15 her great-grandchildren; therefore, be it |
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47 | 47 | | 16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
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48 | 48 | | 17 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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49 | 49 | | 18 Charlotte Maris Wax and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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50 | 50 | | 19 family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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52 | 52 | | 21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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63 | 63 | | 1 presented to the family of Charlotte Wax as an expression of |
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64 | 64 | | 2 our deepest sympathy. |
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