093_SR0255

 
                                         LRB09313329DRH18613r

 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to learn of the death of Mary Ellen
 4    Dougherty Ripper Schmitt, who served as West Peoria  Township
 5    clerk for 18 years, on Monday, September 15, 2003; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Schmitt  was  born on January 14, 1918 in
 7    Emington to Edward and Margaret Conroy Dougherty; and

 8        WHEREAS, On October 25, 1941, Mrs. Schmitt married Walter
 9    Armand Ripper, who died December  24,  1979;  on  August  17,
10    1985, she married Joseph T. Schmitt, who survives; and

11        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Schmitt graduated from St. Francis School
12    of Nursing in 1939; she  was  the  first  lay  supervisor  of
13    pediatrics  at  the  school; she taught pediatrics to nursing
14    students and  later  became  assistant  director  of  nursing
15    before retiring in 1983, after 26 years; and

16        WHEREAS, Mrs. Schmitt was the founder and first president
17    of  the  St.  Francis Senior Saints; she was also a member of
18    St.  Mark's  Catholic  Church  in  Peoria,  the  St.  Francis
19    Auxiliary, the St. Francis Advisor  Committee,  the  Catholic
20    Women's League, and the Visiting Nurse Association; and

21        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Schmitt  was  a  member  of  the Illinois
22    Township Officials, West Peoria Residents  Association,  West
23    Peoria Democrats, and Peoria County Democrats; and

24        WHEREAS,   Mrs.  Schmitt  was  preceded  in  death  by  3
25    stepsons; 4 sisters; 3 brothers; and one step-grandchild; she
26    is survived by one daughter, Kathy (and Alex) Garcia; 2 sons,
27    James (and Melissa) Ripper and Robert (and Rosanne) Ripper; 5
28    stepdaughters, Marilyn (and  Louis)  Scroggins,  Joanie  (and
29    Tom) Burke, Loretta Faley, Katie (and Bruce) Boyer, and Ginny
30    (and Jim) Verdun; 2 stepsons, Thomas (and Mary Lynne) Schmitt
31    and Paul Schmitt; 10 grandchildren; 30 step-grandchildren; 21
 
                            -2-          LRB09313329DRH18613r
 1    great-grandchildren;    15    step-great-grandchildren;   one
 2    step-great-great-grandchild; one  brother,  Tom  (and  Lydia)
 3    Dougherty;  3  sisters, Patricia Cutright, Agnes Neemers, and
 4    Kathryn (and Mike) Lurz; and

 5        WHEREAS, The  passing  of  Mary  Ellen  Dougherty  Ripper
 6    Schmitt  has  been deeply felt by many, especially her family
 7    and friends; therefore, be it

 8        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
 9    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE  OF ILLINOIS, that together with her
10    friends and family,  we  mourn  the  passing  of  Mary  Ellen
11    Dougherty  Ripper  Schmitt,  and we extend to her friends and
12    family our deepest sympathy; and be it further

13        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
14    presented  to  the  family  of  Mary  Ellen  Dougherty Ripper
15    Schmitt as an expression of our  sincere  condolences  during
16    their time of loss.