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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Mary Ann Cahill of McHenry, who passed
4away on October 26, 2014; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Mary Cahill was born in Chicago on June 10, 1927
6to John William and Olivia (nee Spoerlein) Phalen; she married
7Charles "Chuck" Cahill on June 5, 1948 in Chicago and they
8settled in Libertyville; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In 1956, Mary Cahill was a founding member of La
10Leche League International, which grew from 7 mothers in
11Franklin Park to a worldwide organization dedicated to "good
12mothering through breastfeeding"; she wrote the first manual
13for the League after the members decided they could no longer
14keep up with the demand for information by writing individual
15letters back to the many mothers asking for help; she was the
16author of "Seven Voices, One Dream", an oral history of the
17League in the words of the founders; she also wrote "The Heart
18Has Its Own Reasons" - mothering wisdom for the 1980's - and
19numerous articles; she was an emeritus member of the Board of
20Directors of the League; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Mary Cahill, along with her husband, were leaders
22in the Christian Family Movement at St. Joseph Catholic Church

 

 

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1in Libertyville, and she helped establish the Society of St.
2Vincent de Paul at The Church of Holy Apostles in McHenry; on
3September 14, 2014, she was recognized as a Catholic Woman of
4Inspiration by the McHenry Deanery Council of Catholic Women;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Mary Cahill was preceded in death by her husband,
7Charles; her parents; and her 2 brothers, Francis and William;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, Mary Cahill is survived by a very special
10sister-in-law, Ann Phalen; her children, Robert (Julie)
11Cahill, Elizabeth (Jerry) Rickert, Timothy Cahill, Teresa
12(Dean) Braun, Mary (Bob) Sislow, Joseph (Martha) Cahill,
13Margaret (Dennis) Fisk, Charlene "Charlie" (Bob) DeVries,
14Frances Cahill, and Janet Buhrman (Rich Osnoss), who lived with
15the family during her elementary years and has been at the
16family table ever since; her 20 grandchildren; and her 15
17great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
19ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
20Mary Ann Cahill, and extend our sincere condolences to her
21family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
22further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the family of Mary Cahill as an expression of our
3deepest sympathy.