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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.