Full Text of SR0590 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 Lisa Iskalis McCarthy of Northfield, who | 4 | | passed away on July 21, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lisa McCarthy was born in Waukegan to Thomas and | 6 | | Doris Iskalis; she graduated at the top of her class in both | 7 | | middle school and high school and participated in high school | 8 | | basketball, tennis, volleyball, and cheerleading; always one | 9 | | to hold herself to high standards, she graduated magna cum | 10 | | laude from the University of Illinois in 1988, where she | 11 | | majored in political science and French, a language in which | 12 | | she was fluent, and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor | 13 | | society and the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority; she earned a Juris | 14 | | Doctor from New York University School of Law in 1992; after | 15 | | her second year of law school, she worked as a clerk at Jenner & | 16 | | Block in Chicago, where she met Kevin McCarthy; she changed | 17 | | her plans to practice law in France and married Kevin, and they | 18 | | built a life in Chicago; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lisa McCarthy worked at Sonnenschein, Nath & | 20 | | Rosenthal, the American Dental Association, and McCabe & Hogan; | 21 | | she retired from her legal career to devote time to her family | 22 | | and community; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lisa McCarthy volunteered at Sts. Peter and Paul | 2 | | Greek Orthodox Church and Lurie Children's Hospital; generous | 3 | | and kindhearted, she prepared homemade dinners for other | 4 | | families and ministered to those in need; she was confident and | 5 | | assertive and never backed down from standing up for what was | 6 | | right; she was an avid tennis and paddle player and enjoyed the | 7 | | camaraderie of that community; her family was at the center of | 8 | | her life, and she encouraged her children to set and achieve | 9 | | high academic goals; she was loving daughter, wife, mother, | 10 | | sister, and aunt who made her home a warm and welcoming center | 11 | | of family activity; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Lisa McCarthy was preceded in death by her | 13 | | brother, Thomas Iskalis; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Lisa McCarthy is survived by her husband, Kevin; | 15 | | her children, Madison, Caroline, Quinn, and Michael McCarthy; | 16 | | her parents; her brother, John (Dana) Iskalis; her sister, | 17 | | Jennifer (Keith) Marhefka; her sister-in-law, Annalisa; her | 18 | | mother-in-law and father-in-law, Jerry and Joyce McCarthy; and | 19 | | many nieces and nephews whom she treated as her own children; | 20 | | therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | Lisa Iskalis McCarthy and extend our sincere condolences to her |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Lisa McCarthy as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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