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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Joan
4Patricia Murphy, who passed away on September 18, 2016 at the
5age of 79; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy had a long and distinguished career in
7Crestwood government; after working as a flight attendant for
8United Airlines, she was elected to serve as Crestwood Village
9Clerk in 1965; in 1977, she was elected to serve as Worth
10Township Clerk, serving for two terms; in 1989, she was elected
11to serve as Worth Township Supervisor, a position she held for
12the next eight years; in 2002, she was elected to serve as the
136th District Commissioner on the Cook County Board of
14Commissioners, where she chaired the labor committee; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was the first woman to be elected to
16public office in Crestwood and the first woman to be elected as
17Worth Township Clerk and Worth Township Supervisor; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was a longtime delegate to the
19Democratic National Convention; she was a part of history when
20she cast her superdelegate vote for Hillary Clinton in July of
212016 at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was a diligent advocate for the Sixth
2District and the Southland region as a whole, fighting for the
3equitable distribution of resources and services; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy was a gifted singer who loved parties
5and taking her children on adventures; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy is preceded in death by her husband,
7Donald Francis Murphy, Sr., whom she married in 1959; her son,
8Donald Francis Murphy, Jr.; her father, Michael O'Malley, Sr.;
9and her sister, Eileen Tomao; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Joan Murphy is survived by her daughter, Tricia
11Murphy; her sons, Tim (Courtney) and Tony (Stephanie Milito);
12her grandchildren, Madelyn, Mia, Teagan, Ronan, and Mary; her
13mother, Concetta; her brothers, Michael O'Malley, Jr. and Bobby
14O'Malley; and her nieces and nephews, Joyce (Michael)
15Vaudreuil, Theresa (Tom) Kaliszewski, Dan (Rhonda) Claus, Mark
16O'Malley, and Kerry O'Malley; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of
20Joan Patricia Murphy; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1presented to the family of Joan Murphy as an expression of our
2sympathy.