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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Anne 
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Sullivan of Chicago, who passed away on November 2, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan was born in 1910 in Chicago; she 
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grew up in Chicago's Austin neighborhood; she was a graduate of 
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Siena High School; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan graduated from the DePaul 
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University College of Law and was licensed to practice law in 
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1934; after serving as a volunteer in probate court for a year, 
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she joined the law firm of DeFrees, Fiske, O'Brien & Thomson, 
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where she met fellow lawyer John Sullivan; the pair were 
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married in 1937; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In 1948, Anne Sullivan and her husband went into 
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practice together as Sullivan & Sullivan with offices in 
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downtown Chicago; despite the couple's growing family, she 
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continued to put in full days, coming home with her husband 
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each night around 6 P.M. to make dinner with help from their 
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children; she kept the practice after her husband's passing in 
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1973 and worked with her daughter, Debbie Roberts, during the 
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1990s; she and her husband were also the founders of Chicago's 
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first paralegal service, Law Clerk Inc.; and
  
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan was an active member of the Women's 
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Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the West Suburban 
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Bar Association, and the DePaul Women's Board; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan enjoyed traveling, fine dining, 
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theatre, DePaul basketball games, and Notre Dame football 
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games; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan is survived by her sons, Jim, Bill, 
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Jake, and Larry; her daughters, Debbie Roberts, Mary Dewyer, 
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Nancy Fitzgerald, and Judy Hannigan; her 24 grandchildren; and 
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her 24 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Anne 
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Sullivan; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Anne Sullivan as an expression of 
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our sympathy.