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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Nancy Staunton, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | November 24, 2019 at the age of 90; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton was born Anna Jean O'Malley but was | ||||||
6 | known as Nancy; she was born on November 18, 1929 in Englewood | ||||||
7 | to Irish immigrants, the youngest child of four; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton attended St. Brendan's Church and | ||||||
9 | Mercy High School; her father died when she was just a | ||||||
10 | teenager, and her sister Sarah Margaret, who was ten years | ||||||
11 | older, played a large part in her upbringing; she stayed close | ||||||
12 | to her sister, as well as her other siblings until they all | ||||||
13 | passed away; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton earned a Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
15 | Nursing in 1951 from St. Xavier College and took a nursing | ||||||
16 | position at Mercy hospital, all while working as a part-time | ||||||
17 | courier nurse for the Santa Fe Railroad on trips between | ||||||
18 | Chicago and Los Angeles; and | ||||||
19 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton met her husband, Patrick Staunton, | ||||||
20 | in 1952, and they had six children together before moving to | ||||||
21 | their home on Linden Avenue, where they lived for the next 28 |
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1 | years; and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton joined the League of Women Voters | ||||||
3 | in 1967 and spent over three years working on various issues | ||||||
4 | with the Board of Health Committee, the Racial Diversity Task | ||||||
5 | Force, and the Village Services Committee, as well as a | ||||||
6 | committee that performed an extensive study of Cook County | ||||||
7 | Government; her contributions were recognized with the Hazel | ||||||
8 | Hansen Award; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton returned to school in 1976 and | ||||||
10 | earned a Master of Public Health from the University of | ||||||
11 | Illinois at Chicago, which led to work in health care planning, | ||||||
12 | primarily with the Chicago Suburban Health Services Agency; and | ||||||
13 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton was elected an Oak Park village | ||||||
14 | trustee in 1985 and faced numerous complex issues during her | ||||||
15 | six year tenure, including gun control, recognition of AIDS, | ||||||
16 | policies on non-discrimination, recycling, economic | ||||||
17 | development, union/management disputes, and an investigation | ||||||
18 | of the police department conducted by author and lawyer, Scott | ||||||
19 | Turow; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton served on the Institutional Review | ||||||
21 | Board of Loyola University Medical Center and the boards of the | ||||||
22 | Housing Center and the Family Services and Mental Health |
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1 | Center; and | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton also served on the Oak Park Board | ||||||
3 | of Health and helped start and staff a hospice group for the | ||||||
4 | Community Nursing Service in Oak Park, all while volunteering | ||||||
5 | at a variety of local organizations, including the Hemingway | ||||||
6 | Birthplace Home and Museum; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton and her husband, Pat, retired and | ||||||
8 | spent time at their cottage in Coloma, Michigan; in her last | ||||||
9 | three years, she spent her time in Walnut Creek, California | ||||||
10 | with her daughters, Mary and Anne; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Nancy Staunton is survived by her children, Kevin | ||||||
12 | (Maria), Mary, Anne, Brian (Liz), Jane (Max), and Tom, and her | ||||||
13 | grandchildren, Jack, Kyle, Luke, Will, Van, Kevin, and Finn; | ||||||
14 | therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
17 | Nancy Staunton and extend our sincere condolences to her | ||||||
18 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
19 | further
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20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
21 | presented to the family of Nancy Staunton as an expression of |
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1 | our deepest sympathy.
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