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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Virginia R. Garvey of Joliet, who passed
4away on May 14, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey was born in Streator to John and
6Mary (Harlacher) Neighbor on July 1, 1922; she graduated from
7the St. Joseph School of Nursing in 1943; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey retired as a Certified Registered
9Nurse Anesthetist from the Associated Anesthesiologists of
10Joliet in 1990; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey was an active member of St.
12Patrick Catholic Church, serving as a greeter, money counter,
13and extra ordinary minister to the homebound of the parish; she
14was also a member of the Council of Catholic Women, Club 55,
15and the original Mothers Club of the parish; she enjoyed
16volunteering for the Joliet Area Community Hospice, the Will
17Grundy Medical Clinic, the St. Joseph Medical Center Pastoral
18Care Department, and the St. Joseph Medical Center Auxiliary;
19and
 
20    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey was a member of the Catholic
21Women's League of Joliet, the Ladies of the Elks Auxiliary, the

 

 

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1Joliet Hospitality Club, the Women of the Moose, and the Joliet
2Area Community Hospice; and
 
3    WHEREAS, In 2003, Virginia Garvey received the Joliet
4Diocese Woman of the Year for St. Patrick's Parish, the Silver
5Eagle award from the Joliet Rotary Club, and the Joliet Area
6Community Hospice Health and Community Service Award from the
7United Way of Will County; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey enjoyed playing golf and bridge
9and serving her community as well as her family; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey was preceded in death by her
11husband, Joseph J. Garvey; her parents; her brothers, Paul
12(Annie) Neighbor, William (Leona) Neighbor, and Leonard
13(Geraldine) Neighbor; and her sister, Josephine (Ralph)
14Carmean; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Virginia Garvey is survived by her son, John
16(Anne) Garvey; her twin grandchildren, Suzanne Marie (Zachery)
17Dieter and John Thomas (Athena) Garvey, Jr.; her
18great-granddaughter, Riley Dieter; and many nieces and
19nephews; therefore, be it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL
21ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of

 

 

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1Virginia R. Garvey, and extend our sincere condolences to her
2family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5presented to the family of Virginia Garvey as an expression of
6our deepest sympathy.