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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| wish to express their sincere condolences to the family and |
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| friends of Mary D. Richards of Aurora who passed away on |
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| Tuesday, January 9, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on September 29, 1933 to Andrew L. |
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| and Eleanor E. (nee Donovan) Heitkotter; she was united in |
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| marriage to Bill Richards in November of 1955; she was a |
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| graduate of Northwestern's James Ward Thorne School of Nursing |
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| and began her career at the Dryer Clinic in Aurora; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a tireless advocate to her entire |
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| community and devoted countless hours and energies in service |
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| to the Aurora Junior Women's Club as the Director of Aurora |
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| Children's Dental Service for 35 years; she also was involved |
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| in The Aurora Republican Women's Club, Senior Services |
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| Associates, and the Visiting Nurses Association; she and her |
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| family were members of the Holy Angels Parish and she quickly |
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| became involved with the St. Anne's Society; she was the first |
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| recipient of the Dr. George Shimkus Award for Community |
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| Service; and
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| WHEREAS, She ran for office in 1980 and was elected to the |
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| Kane County Board where she served for 24 years; as a member of |
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| the board, she assisted in the revitalization of the County's |
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| Health Department, led the Forest Preserve Commission's |
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| expansion of open space, and was instrumental in setting up |
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| Government Day in Kane County; and
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| WHEREAS, She was an ardent fan of the Kane County Cougars; |
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| she also had registered hundreds of voters by organizing and |
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| conducting her own voter registrations; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary D. Richards has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her husband of 51 years, G. William |
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| Richards; her daughter, Rebecca (Walter) Thompson; her son, |
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| Thomas A. (Kathy) Richards and family, Melanie Franklin and |
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| Stephen Dale; her daughter, Debbie (Carl) Angello and family, |
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| Jason and Joshua Angello and Brooke Hermann; her daughter, |
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| Robin Kramer and children, Jessica and Trevor; her daughter, |
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| Mimi (Jeff) Steinwart and family, Erin, Emily, and Natalie; her |
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| son, Chip (Stefene) Richards and family, Megan, Alexis, and |
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| Ben; her daughter, Amy Richards; her five great-grandchildren; |
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| her niece and goddaughter, Karen (Jim) Bozarth; and other |
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| nieces and nephews; she was preceded in death by her parents |
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| and her sisters, Anne Joel and Kathryn Fox; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Mary D. Richards, and we extend our sincere condolences to her |