Full Text of SR0403 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 Mary Patricia Cullerton of Winfield, who | 4 | | passed away on September 30, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, She was born September 16, 1926 in Chicago, the | 6 | | daughter of the late Pearl, nee McGookin, and the late Thomas | 7 | | W. Tyrrell; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, She met John J. Cullerton Sr. at a roller skating | 9 | | rink when she was 14 years old; together with her husband, an | 10 | | Illinois Bell Telephone Company employee, they raised 9 | 11 | | children in Winfield; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, She presided over many family gatherings at a | 13 | | summer home on Lake Michigan, The Four Acres, where her family | 14 | | would be joined by aunts, uncles, and cousins; her | 15 | | grandchildren loved winter visits to her Winfield home, where | 16 | | they would sled for hours on a nearby hill and later sip hot | 17 | | chocolate by the fireplace; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, She will be remembered as a loving mother and | 19 | | grandmother who cherished being directly involved in the lives | 20 | | and activities of her children and grandchildren; she took | 21 | | great pride in helping her children through both high school |
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| 1 | | and college; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Mary Patricia Cullerton was the beloved wife of | 3 | | the late John J. Cullerton, Sr.; she was also preceded in death | 4 | | by her sister, Marge Foley; her brother, Thomas R. Tyrrell; her | 5 | | brother-in-law and his spouse and her sisters-in-law and their | 6 | | spouses, James (Lucile) Cullerton, Dotsy (Jack) McMahon, Jane | 7 | | (Richard) Aldworth, and Adele (James) Murphy; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Patricia Cullerton is survived by her | 9 | | children, Illinois Senate President John J. (Pam) Cullerton, | 10 | | Jr, Peggy Hosty, Mary Durand, Alice (Jim) Corcoran, Thomas | 11 | | (Susan) Cullerton, Trish (Mike) Lynch, Patrick (Faith) | 12 | | Cullerton, Maureen (Jim) Leffler, and Michael (Kai) Cullerton; | 13 | | her grandchildren, Alice Hosty, the late Robert E. Hosty, Jr., | 14 | | Maggie Cullerton, Molly Durand, John J. Cullerton III, Garritt | 15 | | Cullerton, Matthew Corcoran, Michael Lynch, Miles Corcoran, | 16 | | Kyle Cullerton, Megan Lynch, Geoffrey Wilson, Lindsay Wilson, | 17 | | Brynn Cullerton, Josephine Cullerton, Brendan Cullerton, Neil | 18 | | Corcoran, Tara Cullerton, Bridget Cullerton, Katie Leffler, | 19 | | Kelly Cullerton, Jack Leffler, and Michael Cullerton; her | 20 | | brother-in-law, Thomas Foley and her sister-in-law, Joanne | 21 | | Tyrrell; she was the fond aunt and great-aunt of dozens of | 22 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 23 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 2 | | her family and friends, the passing of Mary Patricia Cullerton; | 3 | | and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the family of Mary Patricia Cullerton as a symbol | 6 | | of our sincere sympathy.
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