Full Text of SR1179 101st 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 Elizabeth "Beth Ann" O'Reilly-Amandes who | 4 | | passed away on January 17, 2020, at the age of 64; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes was born in Chicago to | 6 | | Winifred and James O'Reilly on October 3, 1955; she was the | 7 | | seventh of fourteen children; she was raised in Crystal Lake; | 8 | | she attended St. Thomas Catholic School and Crystal Lake | 9 | | Community High School, where she sang in choirs and acted in | 10 | | plays; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes started dating her | 12 | | future husband Paul in 1974 while doing theater and leading | 13 | | music for St. Thomas Church, the Happening in Christianity, and | 14 | | later at the Newman Center of Northern Illinois University; | 15 | | while in married student housing, the couple forged lifelong | 16 | | friendships with several other young families; they were | 17 | | married at the Resurrection Center in Woodstock in 1980; they | 18 | | continued studying in DeKalb, where their first two children | 19 | | were born; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes and Paul moved their | 21 | | young family to Chicago; she served on the board of Call to | 22 | | Action and was the tour manager for their theater company; she |
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| 1 | | also toured the country as an actor/singer in Call to Action | 2 | | Theatre's productions "Between The Times" and "PeaceWorks", | 3 | | often with Paul, his brother Tom, Beth Ann's brother Eugene, | 4 | | her sister Jamie, and her sister-in-law Tammy; she continued to | 5 | | perform with her family and friends in various Chicago | 6 | | companies throughout her life, including the Curious Theatre | 7 | | Branch, Bottom of Your Shoe Theatre Collective, and Open Door | 8 | | Repertory; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes moved to Oak Park with | 10 | | her family in 1989 and became very involved in the St. Giles | 11 | | Family Mass Community; for the next 30 years at St. Giles, she | 12 | | served on the Council of Pastors, was an active liturgy | 13 | | director, mentored children of the Mass Community, and was also | 14 | | a featured liturgical singer and soloist; she became the | 15 | | manager of Logos Bookstore in Oak Park from 2000 until they | 16 | | closed in 2006; she worked at Community Bank and trained in | 17 | | early childhood education; she was the beloved nanny for the | 18 | | Rosado and Holzer-Lopez families during the 2010s; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes was a devoted and | 20 | | favorite client at the Buzz Cafe and Oak Park Chiropractic; she | 21 | | enjoyed traveling frequently to visit family on the West Coast, | 22 | | in New York, and in London, where her daughter Sarah lives with | 23 | | her family; she took her final trip in December 2019 and spent | 24 | | a magical Christmas in York, England surrounded by her husband, |
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| 1 | | children, and grandchildren; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Beth Ann O'Reilly-Amandes is survived by her | 3 | | husband, Paul; her children, Michael and Sarah Amandes; her | 4 | | son-in-law, Charlie Hanover; her grandchildren, David and Kate | 5 | | Hanover; her siblings, Willem, Cecilie (Leonard Brooks), Chris | 6 | | (Katrina), Gloria, Beau, Dorothy (Billy Imm), Kate, Jamie, Ned | 7 | | (Kathleen), Henri (Don Peters), Eugene (Tammy), Bridget (John | 8 | | Wagner), and Bernadette (Don Haderlein); and her many extended | 9 | | family members; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Elizabeth "Beth Ann" O'Reilly-Amandes and extend our sincere | 13 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 14 | | her; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Elizabeth "Beth Ann" | 17 | | O'Reilly-Amandes as an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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