Full Text of HR0510 95th General Assembly
HR0510 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Alice Cavanaugh of | 4 |
| Plainfield on the 90th anniversary of her birth, September 6, | 5 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Alice Cavanaugh was born on a farm in New Lenox on | 7 |
| September 6, 1917 to Norton and Agnes Deal; she grew up on | 8 |
| farms in New Lenox and Channahon townships; and
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| WHEREAS, She graduated from St Francis Academy and the | 10 |
| College of St. Francis; after graduating from college in 1939 | 11 |
| she taught for 3 years in the Offerman School; she married | 12 |
| Arthur Cavanaugh, a Plainfield farmer, on April 25, 1942 in St. | 13 |
| Mary's Church in Minooka; they lived on the Plainfield farm for | 14 |
| 22 years before moving into Plainfield; Mr. Cavanaugh died in | 15 |
| 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, Alice has lived in the village for 43 years, | 17 |
| recently moving into Cedar Lake Senior Village in Plainfield; | 18 |
| In 1958, Alice went back to her teaching profession spending | 19 |
| time at the Jones School, Laraway School, and finally retiring | 20 |
| from the Plainfield School system in 1978; and
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| WHEREAS, Alice is very active in St. Mary's Church in |
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| Plainfield, acting as a greeter at mass and as a member of CCW | 2 |
| and the Senior citizen group; in 2002 she received the CCW | 3 |
| Woman of the Year Award, representing St. Mary's parish, from | 4 |
| Bishop Imesch; she also received the Senior of the Year Award | 5 |
| from St. Mary's in 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Alice Cavanaugh is the mother of eight children, | 7 |
| Carole, Judy, Jim, Pat, Terry, David, Ann, and John; the | 8 |
| grandmother of 25 grandchildren; and the great-grandmother of | 9 |
| 21 great grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| congratulate Alice Cavanaugh on this milestone birthday and | 13 |
| wish her good health and happiness in the future; and be it | 14 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Alice Cavanaugh as a symbol of our respect and | 17 |
| esteem.
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