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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Margaret D. Horrigan of Joliet, who 
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passed away on January 5, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born on May 15, 1927, and raised in 
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Lockport before moving to Joliet; Margaret Irene was the only 
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daughter of Genevieve (Casey) Dailey and Aloysius Patrick 
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Dailey; she was the youngest grandchild of Civil War veteran 
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Lt. James Casey of the Grand Army of the Republic, and niece of 
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Monsignor Joseph Casey of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in 
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Chicago, and, through both sets of grandparents, was related to 
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numerous families among Lockport's and Lemont's oldest 
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settlers; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was a valued member of St. Paul the Apostle 
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Church, Joliet (attended by all of her eight children), the 
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Visitation and Aid Society, St Joseph Hospital Auxiliary, St. 
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Paul's Mothers Club, Joliet Junior Women's Club, Saint Francis 
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Academy (class of 1945), and St Mary of the Woods (class of 
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1948); she married her high school sweetheart, John Hurley 
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Horrigan, at St. Dennis Church in 1948; and

 
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    WHEREAS, A life-long Democrat, Marge was on the floor of 
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the 1956 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago when 
 


 






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Adlai Stevenson received the presidential nomination, and, 
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loading them into the station wagon, took her young children to 
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many of John F. Kennedy's whistle-stop appearances throughout 
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Will County during his successful presidential campaign in 
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1960; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, 
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Aloysius Patrick and Genevieve Dailey; her son, Patrick 
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Horrigan; her grandson, Eliot Horrigan; and two brothers, 
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William J. Dailey and Robert Dailey; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Margaret Horrigan is survived by her loving and 
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devoted husband of 60 years, John H. Horrigan; her seven 
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children, Peter, William, Anne (Amy Szczepaniak), Betsy (Tim) 
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Carlin, Margaret (Karl) Schmitz, Stephen, and Catherine (Doug) 
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Mohundro; her daughter in-law, Betsy Hollister Dvorak; her 
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eleven grandchildren, Amanda (Keith) Gregory, Nina (William) 
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Manley, Benjamin Horrigan, Ellen (R.D.) McCabe, and Zoe 
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Horrigan; Thomas, Gabriel, and Courtney Christopher; 
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Catherine, Casey, and Patrick Lowry; her step grandchildren, 
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Adam and Jake Mohundro; Johanna, Michael, Kimberly, Patrick, 
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and Samantha Carlin; her two great-grandchildren, Anne McCabe 
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and Jonas Gregory; her step great-grandchild, MaKenna Carlin; 
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and numerous cousins and many dear friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
 


 






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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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her family and friends, the passing of Margaret D. Horrigan; 
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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 Margaret D. Horrigan as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.