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<div class="article-info-container"> <div class="articleprofile-info-content"> <h1>Des Plaines Mourns Loss of 99-Year-Old Resident </h1> <div class="article-info"> <a href="http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-68836416/des-plaines-mourns-loss-of-99-year-old-resident" class="article-pub-logo pub-logo"> <img src="http://www.questia.com/library/image/5444" alt="Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)" width="75" /></a> <div class="pub-info"> <span class="byline">By Boykin, Ames</span><br /> <span>Newspaper article from <em>Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)</em> </span> <div> <a href="http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-68836416/des-plaines-mourns-loss-of-99-year-old-resident#articleDetails">Article details</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="synopsis"> <h2> Beginning of article</h2> <p> Byline: Ames Boykin Daily Herald Staff Writer </p> <p> Des Plaines lost a treasure last week with the death of Savena Ahbe Gorsline. She was 99. </p> <p> Gorsline was born Sept. 13, 1900 in the Thacker Street housein which she would reside her entire life. Her parents built the home in 1898, where her sister Dorothy, and brothers Alfred and Harold also were born. </p> <p> An active civic leader, Gorsline served as a Des Plaines Public Library board trustee for 33 years before her 1993 retirement. </p> <p> She was a charter member of the Des Plaines Historical Society, and served on the boards of the Northwest Suburban Symphony, Community Chest United Fund, Community Concert &hellip; </p> </div> <p style="margin-bottom: 60px; text-align: center" class="articleprofile-cta cta"><a href="http://www.questia.com/free-trial">Read the full-text article, try us out FREE today</a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 60px; text-align: center" class="articleprofile-cta cta" align="left">http://www.questia.com/library/1G1-68836416/des-plaines-mourns-loss-of-99-year-old-resident </p>

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