Full Text of SR0506 99th 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 Irene Looney, who passed away on February | 4 | | 12, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Irene Looney was born in North Chicago on July 14, | 6 | | 1920 to Romanie and Alois Martens; she lived in Waukegan for | 7 | | many years; she married John Looney on June 30, 1964 and they | 8 | | moved into their new home in Gurnee in 1968; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Irene Looney worked for many years at American | 10 | | Steel & Wire until her marriage to John; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Irene Looney and her husband loved to travel; they | 12 | | made several trips to California, Florida, Hawaii, and numerous | 13 | | other states and lived for a time in Maine; they made a special | 14 | | trip was to Europe in 1980, where she was reunited with her | 15 | | Belgian family; she was proud of her Belgian heritage and | 16 | | coincidentally celebrated her birthday on July 14, Bastille | 17 | | Day; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Irene Looney was a member of St. Joseph's Parish | 19 | | (Blessed Trinity) working in the parish registry for over 25 | 20 | | years, with her long-time friend Madeline Martino; she was a | 21 | | long-time member of The Catholic Women's Club/Lake County; she |
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| 1 | | was named Woman of the Year in 1997; she made beautiful | 2 | | afghans, gifting them to family and friends and her pie crust | 3 | | was unsurpassable; she was always surrounded by friends and | 4 | | kept in touch, writing cards with her graceful penmanship; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Irene Looney was preceded in death by her parents; | 6 | | her brothers and their spouses, Jerry (Florence), Elmer (Sue), | 7 | | and Cyril (Stella); her nephew, Elmer, Jr.; and her former | 8 | | husband, Charles K. Glabowicz; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Irene Looney is survived by her husband, John; her | 10 | | daughter, Charlene (Ray) Blais-Paulson; her son, "Chuck" | 11 | | Glabowicz; her grandchildren, Lynn and Charles Glabowicz; | 12 | | members of the Looney family: Austin, Jeanie, Bernadette, | 13 | | Billie (Barbara), and Father Tom Looney; members of the Martin | 14 | | family: nephew, Dennis (Mary Lou), niece, Joyce (Hal), JoAnne | 15 | | (Fred), and Dolly (Harold); members of the Glabowicz family: | 16 | | nieces and nephews, John (Kelly), Michael (Mary Clare), Jeanne | 17 | | (John), Janice, Judy (Stan), Mary (Wally), JoAnne (Ken), and | 18 | | Sheila (Dick), step-grandchildren: John and Robert (Lisa) | 19 | | Blais, and Karen, Bryan, and Harold (Cindy) Paulson; many | 20 | | grandchildren and great-grandchildren she "adopted" with her | 21 | | love; and her special cousin, Hilda Sundell; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 23 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Irene Looney, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 2 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Irene Looney as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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