Full Text of SR0069 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Mary Elizabeth (Naughton) Walsh of | 4 | | Joliet, who passed away on January 2, 2017 at the age of 81; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Walsh was born in Chicago to Stephen and | 7 | | Elizabeth Naughton on March 7, 1935; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Walsh was a nurse for over 40 years; while | 9 | | her children were in grade school, she earned a scholarship to | 10 | | get her master's degree in Nursing from St. Xavier University; | 11 | | she was in management at Silver Cross Hospital, Salem Village, | 12 | | Loyola University Hospital, Hinsdale Hospital, and LaGrange | 13 | | Hospital; she became a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner | 14 | | specializing in Alzheimer's and Dementia, a disease she would | 15 | | have later; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Mary Walsh loved her retirement and volunteered at | 17 | | various places; she and her husband were parishioners at St. | 18 | | Paul's the Apostle for over 40 years; they attended daily mass; | 19 | | she taught CCD there for years and was a Eucharistic Minister; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Mary Walsh loved her children and grandchildren |
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| 1 | | with all her heart; she and her husband, John loved traveling, | 2 | | spending time with their grandchildren, exploring new places, | 3 | | and their weekly date night; her beautiful smile, and kindness | 4 | | will be missed; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Walsh was preceded in death by her beloved | 6 | | husband of 54 years, John; her infant daughter, Agnes; her | 7 | | parents; her brother, James (Teri Pung); her in-laws, Patrick | 8 | | and Agnes Walsh; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Cleary, | 9 | | Patricia Walsh, Dorothy Walsh, Richard (Audrey) Walsh, and | 10 | | Patrick Walsh; and her nephews, Thomas Cleary, Michael | 11 | | Richards, and Stephen Naughton; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Walsh is survived by her children, John, | 13 | | Stephen (Amy), and Elizabeth; her four grandsons, John, Vance, | 14 | | Stephen, and Frank; her siblings, Patricia (the late Gilbert) | 15 | | Barthe, Kathleen (Lawrence) Richards, Thomas (Jayne) Naughton, | 16 | | and Stephen Naughton; her sisters and brothers-in-law, Rosanne | 17 | | Walsh, Kevin (the late Mabel) Walsh, Cecilia (the late Donald) | 18 | | Kimball, and Audrey Walsh; and her over 40 nieces and nephews; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 22 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Mary Elizabeth Walsh, | 23 | | and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and |
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| 1 | | all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Mary Walsh as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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