SR0036LRB104 09649 LAW 19715 r

1
SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Carole Jean Kirwan of Ivesdale, who 
4passed away on January 7, 2025; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan, the daughter of Clarence and 
6Beulah Webb Blacker, was born in Monticello on September 15, 
71937; she married Hiram Thomas Kirwan in Monticello on 
8September 25, 1954; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan was a member of St. Joseph Catholic 
10Church in Ivesdale, the Altar and Rosary Society, the Women's 
11Club, and the Farm Bureau; she also served as an election judge 
12for Champaign County; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan cherished spending time with her 
14family and took great joy in being a devoted grandmother and 
15great-grandmother; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan was preceded in death by her 
17parents; her son, Thomas E. Kirwan Jr.; her brother, Gerald 
18Blacker; and her sisters, Marilyn Morrow, Norma K. Davis, and 
19Connie Webber; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Carole Kirwan is survived by her husband of 70 
 
 
SR0036- 2 -LRB104 09649 LAW 19715 r

1years, Hiram; her daughters, Cynthia Lawson and Pamela Bailey; 
2four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; therefore, be 
3it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6Carole Jean Kirwan and extend our sincere condolences to her 
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Carole Kirwan as an expression of 
11our deepest sympathy.