Full Text of SR0829 96th General Assembly
SR0829 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Deborah Mae Kirwan, who passed away on | 4 |
| April 22, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Deborah Kirwan was born in Oak Park; she grew up | 6 |
| in Lincolnwood and graduated from Niles West High School in | 7 |
| Skokie in 1974; in 1978, she earned her bachelor's degree in | 8 |
| education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; | 9 |
| while there, she met her future husband, Jim; and
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| WHEREAS, Deborah Kirwan taught for a few years at Fairview | 11 |
| South School in Skokie before joining the faculty at Hinsdale | 12 |
| South High School in 1982, where she taught physical education | 13 |
| for 4 years; during that time, she also received her master's | 14 |
| degree in guidance counseling from Concordia University in | 15 |
| River Forest; and
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| WHEREAS, After leaving the teaching field for 6 years to be | 17 |
| a stay-at-home mom to her two daughters, Deborah Kirwan | 18 |
| accepted a position in the guidance department at Hinsdale | 19 |
| Central in 1992; in 2000, she became a counselor at Hinsdale | 20 |
| South High School; in 2006, she was named the director of | 21 |
| guidance at Hinsdale South; and
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| WHEREAS, Deborah Kirwan received the Professional | 2 |
| Excellence Award from the Hinsdale South High School Teachers | 3 |
| Association in 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Deborah Kirwan is survived by her beloved husband, | 5 |
| Jim Kirwan; her daughters, Tara and Jenna; her parents, William | 6 |
| and Shirley Womer; her brother, William R. Womer; and her | 7 |
| sister, Barbara Zielinski; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Deborah Mae Kirwan; and | 11 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Deborah Kirwan as an expression of | 14 |
| our sympathy.
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