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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Lynn M. Rokita, of Belleville,
4 Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Lynn Rokita was born in Belleville, Illinois, on
6 May 14, 1977; her parents are James and Sharon Rokita; and
7 WHEREAS, Lynn Rokita was a graduate of Signal Hill Grade
8 School; she graduated from Belleville Township High School
9 West in 1995; in high school she participated in cheerleading
10 for four years, was an assistant editor for the high school
11 newspaper, the High News, and was a member of the Model U.N.
12 Club; and
13 WHEREAS, Lynn Rokita was attending Southern Illinois
14 University in Edwardsville, where she was finishing her
15 fourth year as a speech and mass communications major; and
16 WHEREAS, Lynn Rokita was employed as a waitress and
17 bartender at Houlihan's Restaurant in Fairview Heights and a
18 sales clerk at Structure Clothing, also in Fairview Heights;
19 she had recently completed a public relations internship with
20 the American Heart Association in Phoenix, Arizona; Lynn
21 Rokita also attended Blessed Sacrament Church; and
22 WHEREAS, Lynn Rokita is survived by her parents, James
23 and Sharon; her brother, David M. Rokita; her grandmother,
24 Lucille E. Rokita; her uncle and aunt, Thomas R. and Ruth
25 Mabry, and her aunt, Patricia Schmidt; therefore, be it
26 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
28 her family and friends, the death of Lynn Rokita of
29 Belleville, Illinois; may they find comfort in this time of
30 loss; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to the family of Lynn Rokita.