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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Mary Ann Cahill of McHenry, who passed |
| 4 | | away on October 26, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Cahill was born in Chicago on June 10, 1927 |
| 6 | | to John William and Olivia (nee Spoerlein) Phalen; she married |
| 7 | | Charles "Chuck" Cahill on June 5, 1948 in Chicago and they |
| 8 | | settled in Libertyville; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 1956, Mary Cahill was a founding member of La |
| 10 | | Leche League International, which grew from 7 mothers in |
| 11 | | Franklin Park to a worldwide organization dedicated to "good |
| 12 | | mothering through breastfeeding"; she wrote the first manual |
| 13 | | for the League after the members decided they could no longer |
| 14 | | keep up with the demand for information by writing individual |
| 15 | | letters back to the many mothers asking for help; she was the |
| 16 | | author of "Seven Voices, One Dream", an oral history of the |
| 17 | | League in the words of the founders; she also wrote "The Heart |
| 18 | | Has Its Own Reasons" - mothering wisdom for the 1980's - and |
| 19 | | numerous articles; she was an emeritus member of the Board of |
| 20 | | Directors of the League; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Mary Cahill, along with her husband, were leaders |
| 22 | | in the Christian Family Movement at St. Joseph Catholic Church |
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| 1 | | in Libertyville, and she helped establish the Society of St. |
| 2 | | Vincent de Paul at The Church of Holy Apostles in McHenry; on |
| 3 | | September 14, 2014, she was recognized as a Catholic Woman of |
| 4 | | Inspiration by the McHenry Deanery Council of Catholic Women; |
| 5 | | and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Cahill was preceded in death by her husband, |
| 7 | | Charles; her parents; and her 2 brothers, Francis and William; |
| 8 | | and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mary Cahill is survived by a very special |
| 10 | | sister-in-law, Ann Phalen; her children, Robert (Julie) |
| 11 | | Cahill, Elizabeth (Jerry) Rickert, Timothy Cahill, Teresa |
| 12 | | (Dean) Braun, Mary (Bob) Sislow, Joseph (Martha) Cahill, |
| 13 | | Margaret (Dennis) Fisk, Charlene "Charlie" (Bob) DeVries, |
| 14 | | Frances Cahill, and Janet Buhrman (Rich Osnoss), who lived with |
| 15 | | the family during her elementary years and has been at the |
| 16 | | family table ever since; her 20 grandchildren; and her 15 |
| 17 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
| 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 20 | | Mary Ann Cahill, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 21 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 22 | | further
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