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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry was born on August 12, 
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1932, to Hugh and Winifred King McGrane in Far Rockaway, New 
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York; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was born on January 18, 1901, to 
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Patrick and Mary Rodgers McGrane in Mullatee, Carlingford, 
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County Louth, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States in 
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1921; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Winifred King McGrane was born on October 14, 
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1899, to George and Ellen King in Loughborough, Leicester, 
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England, and immigrated to the United States in 1903; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was a New York City policeman, and he 
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and his wife had six children and twenty grandchildren: Hugh 
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(Rose), a Marine Corps veteran and New York City policeman, and 
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his children, Hugh, John, Joanne, Maureen, Colleen, Marianne, 
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Joseph, and Tom; George (Joan), a Marine Corps veteran of the 
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Korean War, teacher, coach, and Far East scholar, and his 
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children, Kim and Kevin; John (Marian), a Marine Corps veteran 
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and attorney in New York, and his children, John, Timothy, 
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Matthew, Peter, Deirdre, and Shelia; Winifred and her children, 
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Erin, Bridget, and Patrick; James McGrane; and Mary Ellen 
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(Robert) and her son, Robert; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry graduated from St. Mary 
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Star of the Sea in 1946 and Stella Maris High School in 1950; 
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and
 

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    WHEREAS, On May 4, 1960, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry married 
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Robert Barry, who was born on July 21, 1931, to Michael and 
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Grace Varley Barry; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Robert and Mary Ellen McGrane Barry had one son, 
 


 






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Robert, born on January 28, 1961; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry and her husband lived in 
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Ottawa, Illinois, for over 20 years, owning and operating 
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Bel-Mill and Marseilles Liquor and Variety; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Upon the death of her husband on November 28, 
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1987, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry moved to Arlington Heights and 
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worked for 16 years in the Cook County Circuit Clerk's office; 
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and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry was an honest, hard 
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working, and well-respected employee of the Circuit Clerk's 
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office; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane was a devoted mother and loving 
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grandmother; and
 

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    WHEREAS, On February 26, 2005, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry 
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died from cancer; therefore, be it
 

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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we mourn the passing of Mary Ellen McGrane Barry, and we extend 
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our deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who knew 
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and loved her, especially her grandchildren, Allison and Andrew 
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Barry; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our sincere 
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condolences.