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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Mary Diane Seibel Cronin on September 8,
42018 at the age of 89; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Cronin was born on May 9, 1929 in
6Minneapolis, Minnesota and attended St. Catherine University
7in St. Paul, where she graduated valedictorian of her class;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, Mary Cronin loved to act; she fell in love with
10the stage at the age of 19 in her first professional role at
11The Old Log Theater in Excelsior, Minnesota; she and her
12husband at the time, James Cronin, founded The Village Players,
13an Oak Park theater company; known by the stage name Mary
14Seibel, she was a proud union member of the American Federation
15of Television and Radio Artists, the Actors' Equity
16Association, and the Screen Actors Guild, serving as an
17advocate and as the fifth national vice president of SAG; for
18her service to SAG, she received the prestigious Howard Keel
19Award, the highest honor given by the SAG-AFTRA Committee of
20Locals; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Mary Cronin had roles in Robert Altman's "A
22Wedding", "The Package", "Major League", "Men Don't Leave", and

 

 

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1"Raising Arizona"; television credits included "The
2Untouchables", "Crime Story", "Murder Ordained", "Good Night
3Sweet Wife", and "Deep Secrets"; she also performed in theaters
4throughout the country, most notably at Goodman Theatre,
5Victory Gardens Theatre, and Steppenwolf Theatre; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mary Cronin was never happier than when she was in
7a show, digging up weeds in her garden in Lansing, Iowa, or on
8a boat in Minnesota with her sons on the first day of fishing
9season; she was famous for arriving at any family gathering
10with a large ham in the back seat; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Mary Cronin will be remembered for her glorious,
12passionate, beautiful life and also for singing at the top of
13her lungs in the basement of the house in Oak Park, for
14welcoming all to dinner, and for long zealous political
15conversations around the kitchen table with a bottomless cup of
16coffee; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Mary Cronin was the loving mother of Brian, Colin,
18Sean, Dennis, Kathryn, Michael, and Margaret; the beloved
19sister of Nancy Culligan and Dorothy "Sunny" Seibel and Dr.
20Michael Seibel; she lives on in the spirit of her 11
21grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
22    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL

 

 

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1ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
2Mary Diane Seibel Cronin and extend our sincere condolences to
3her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
4further
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6presented to the family of Mary Cronin as an expression of our
7deepest sympathy.