Full Text of SR0571 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Catherine "Kay" Agnes Duff of Forest | 4 | | Park, who passed away on August 12, 2021 at the age of 91; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kay Duff was born on October 27, 1929 on the West | 6 | | Side of Chicago; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Kay Duff attended Providence High School; she was | 8 | | an active member of the Presentation Young People's Club, | 9 | | through which she met her future husband of 57 years, the late | 10 | | John (Jack) Duff; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Kay Duff and Jack married and then moved to Oak | 12 | | Park where they raised their ten children; she worked as a | 13 | | devoted mother who never took a day off, remembered every | 14 | | birthday, and always tended to each of her children's needs | 15 | | without ever driving a car; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Kay Duff was an active member of the community | 17 | | and was deeply involved in religious life; she was a loyal | 18 | | member of Ascension Parish and was involved in the Altar & | 19 | | Rosary Society as well as the many activities in which her | 20 | | children participated; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Once her children were grown, Kay Duff worked as | 2 | | a trusted receptionist for the Wednesday Journal; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Kay Duff will be remembered as a loving mother, | 4 | | grandmother, friend, and beloved aunt and great-aunt to many; | 5 | | she will be missed dearly by all; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kay Duff was the mother of John, Kathleen, Thomas | 7 | | (Pam), James (Wendy), Anne (Robert) Dorneker, Margaret | 8 | | (William) Walsh, Mary (James) Arey, Patricia (Robert) Marino, | 9 | | Robert, and the late Susan (the late John) Sbarbaro; the | 10 | | grandmother of Ainsly, Benjamin, Amanda, Thomas, Kaitlyn, | 11 | | Kevin, Elizabeth, Kelly, Maggie, Meredith, Joseph, Patrick, | 12 | | Matthew, Nicole, James, John, Marikate, Jack, and Samuel; the | 13 | | great-grandmother of Colin, Clare, Josephine, Thomas, Cadence, | 14 | | and Tenley; and the sister of William (Anita), Lawrence (Mary) | 15 | | Frankel, the late Margaret (the late Charles) May, Hugo, | 16 | | Robert (Dorothy), Loretta Marren, and Howard and Virginia | 17 | | Frankel; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Catherine Agnes "Kay" Duff and extend our sincere condolences | 21 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 22 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Kay Duff as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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