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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mary 
4Colleen Kilbride of Pontiac, who passed away on January 20, 
52025; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride, the daughter of Emmett and 
7Eileen (Dunn) Coughlin, was born in Streator on May 28, 1928; 
8she married Leo Kilbride in Kinsman on June 17, 1950; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride was the manager of the Kankakee 
10County Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and she worked at 
11Kankakee Community College and the Kankakee Clinic of the VA 
12Hospital in Dwight; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride was a parishioner at St. Joseph 
14Catholic Church in Bradley and St. John Paul II in Kankakee, 
15and she was president of the Altar and Rosary Society at St. 
16Teresa's Catholic Church in Kankakee; she was a member of the 
17Tuesday Book Review, the St. Joseph Council of Catholic Women, 
18and the Provena St. Mary's Auxiliary, where she served as 
19secretary, and she was a volunteer at Provena St. Mary's 
20Hospital; she was an associate with the Servants of the Holy 
21Heart of Mary for 20 years; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride enjoyed playing bridge and 
2dancing; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride's greatest joy came from 
4practicing her faith and spending time with her family; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride was preceded in death by her 
6husband, Leo; her parents; her sisters, Rita Slattery, Joann 
7Turner, and Joyce Louis; and her brothers-in-law, Robert 
8Slattery, Thomas Slattery, and Elwood Pfeifer; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Colleen Kilbride is survived by her children, 
10Judith (Gary) Donze, former Illinois Supreme Court Justice 
11Thomas (Mary Jane) Kilbride, Joseph (Joanie) Kilbride, and 
12Mary Pat (Jim) Scoltock; her siblings, Dolores Slattery, Betty 
13Pfeifer, and William (Carole) Coughlin; her brothers-in-law, 
14Joe Louis and Ken Turner; 13 grandchildren; eight 
15great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and many 
16nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; therefore, 
17be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
19HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
20we mourn the passing of Mary Colleen Kilbride and extend our 
21sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew 
22and loved her; and be it further
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2presented to the family of Colleen Kilbride as an expression 
3of our deepest sympathy.