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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 Kathleen Louise Delaney of Godfrey, who 
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passed away April 6, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She was born February 6, 1920, in Alton, the 
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daughter of Gustave Adolph and CeCelia Adeline (Walters) 
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Walter; on October 21, 1940, she married Valentine Joseph 
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Delaney at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Alton; and

 
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    WHEREAS, She retired from Pepsi Cola in 1989 and was a 
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member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Alton; she enjoyed 
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playing cards, attending plays, and spending time with her 
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grandchildren; and


 
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    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, 
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Valentine; her parents; her son, Val Joseph Delaney; her 
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brother, Maurice Walter; a brother in infancy, Landolin Walter; 
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and her sisters, Patricia Walter, Mary Boedeker, and Betty 
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Walter; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Kathleen Delaney is survived by her daughter, 
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Patricia Kreider and her husband, Bradley; sons, Michael 
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Delaney and James Delaney and his wife, Vicky; grandchildren, 
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Dee Jones, Mark Delaney, Matthew Tungett, Kathryn Wieckhorst, 
 


 






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Christopher Kreider, Nicholas Delaney, and Michael Weller; 
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great-grandchildren, Cole Tungett, Dylan Miller, Emily Weller, 
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Sylas Delaney, Sophie Delaney, Addison Wieckhorst, Connor 
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Wieckhorst, Morgan Ozark, Hannah Jones, and Lane Jones; 
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brother, Victor Walter and his wife, Jean; and sisters-in-law, 
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Imogene Walter and Beverly Delaney; and several nieces and 
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nephews; 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 Kathleen Delaney; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Kathleen Delaney as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.