Full Text of SR0074 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Joan Marie Garrow Fitzgerald of Godfrey, | 4 | | who passed away on February 13, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born in Chicago on February 8, 1931, the | 6 | | daughter of Robert G. and Josephine Cole Garrow; she graduated | 7 | | from St. Barnabas Grade School, the Academy of Our Lady at | 8 | | Longwood, and Mundelein Catholic Girls College of Chicago with | 9 | | a Bachelor of Science degree; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, She taught school in the Chicago Public School | 11 | | System prior to her marriage; she was also a substitute teacher | 12 | | at St. Patrick's and Sts. Peter and Paul grade schools in | 13 | | Alton; she was a member of St. Patrick's Church of Alton for | 14 | | many years and then a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in | 15 | | Alton; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, She loved her life and roles of wife, mother, | 17 | | grandmother, friend, teacher, homemaker, cook, coach, golfer, | 18 | | gardener, shopper, and confidant, among others; she also loved | 19 | | Chicago, Notre Dame, and Lake Ozark; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, On May 7, 1955, she entered into the Sacrament of | 21 | | Matrimony with Emmett Fitzgerald at Queen of Martyrs Catholic |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Her brother, William F. Garrow, preceded her in | 3 | | death; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Joan Marie Garrow Fitzgerald is survived by her | 5 | | husband; her children, Timothy and his wife, Kelly, Michael and | 6 | | his wife, Susan, Peter and his wife, Michelle, Daniel and his | 7 | | wife, Stephanie, Kathleen, and Maura and her husband, John | 8 | | Sedlack; her 11 grandchildren, Christopher, Ryan, Michael S., | 9 | | David, Molly, Patrick, Joseph, Maria, and Jane Fitzgerald, and | 10 | | John E. Sedlack; and her two great-grandchildren, Michael J. | 11 | | and Katie Fitzgerald; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | her family and friends, the passing of Joan Marie Garrow | 15 | | Fitzgerald; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Joan Marie Garrow Fitzgerald as a | 18 | | symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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