SR0143 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mary M. Bard of Shawneetown, who passed away on April 12, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Mary Bard was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Shawneetown, and the Daughters of Isabella; she was born in Sydney, Australia on November 18, 1923, to John Patrick McCristal and Emily Muriel Kelly; and

WHEREAS, She became acquainted with Milent Russell "Ike" Bard, an American soldier stationed in Sydney during World War II, and they were married in Sydney, Australia on November 10, 1945; and

WHEREAS, Mary Bard left her family, friends, and her homeland at the age of 22 and came to East Prairie, Missouri, to start a family; and

WHEREAS, Mary Bard was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Milent R. "Ike" Bard; her brother, Frederick Thomas McCristal; and her sisters, Muriel Agnes Boag, Kathleen Edwards, and Hilda Marjorie Stratford; and

WHEREAS, She is survived by her loving family; her daughters and three sons-in-law, Denise and Al White, Karen and James Keasler, Diane Graves, and Cecilia and Mark Wilson; her sons and two daughters-in-law, Bruce and Linda Bard, and Richard and Pamela Bard; her grandchildren, LaDawn Febuary Avis and Scott, Julie and David Graves, Brian White and Nicole, Kris, Ryan and Brad Kilmer, Abigail and Kallie Keasler, Katie and Drew Wilson and James and Michael McLachlan; her great-granddaughters, Adrienne White and Madeline Avis; her great-grandsons, Jack White and Michael Duke Avis; and her sisters, Valma Mavis and Dorothy Grace Musgrave; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mary M. Bard; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mary M. Bard as a symbol of our sympathy.