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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Elizabeth A. (Betty Ann) Donovan, who 
4passed away on March 5, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, She was born of Irish immigrants, Bart and Nellie 
6O'Connor; she was a lifelong Chicagoan, a graduate of St. 
7Gregory the Great High School, and St. Francis Hospital School 
8of Nursing; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, She was proud of Chicago, the City's sports teams, 
10and her family; she leaves a legacy of style, stories, and 
11songs; per her request, her gravestone will say she could dance 
12the jig; and

  
 
13    WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her sisters Kathleen 
14Connolly and Peggy O'Malley; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Elizabeth A. (Betty Ann) Donovan, nee O'Connor, 
16leaves her loyal adoring husband, Jack, of 62 years; her 
17children, Janis, Susan (John Arndt), Jack Jr. (Louise), Beth 
18Ann (Richard Martinelli), and Tom (Cathy), and joins her 
19dearly-missed son, Steven; Mimi, aka The Meemster, leaves her 
20precious grandchildren, Zachary, Christopher (Katie), Martha 
21(Aaron), Jack III (Michelle), Donovan, John, Beth, Rich, 
 
 
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1Christy, Danny, Connor, Shay, Rose, Jack, Patrick, Mary Fran, 
2and Tommy; her sister, Eileen Cleveland; her brothers-in-law, 
3Kevin O'Malley, Jim Donovan, and Dan Donovan (Barbara); and 
4many wonderful nieces and nephews who admired her; therefore, 
5be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
8her family and friends, the passing of Elizabeth Donovan; and 
9be it further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to the family of Elizabeth Donovan as a symbol of our 
12sincere sympathy.