Full Text of SR0602 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 McCann of Wheaton, who passed away | 4 | | on January 12, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary McCann was raised in Prophetstown; she earned | 6 | | her English degree from Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, before | 7 | | moving to Chicago for a job at Loyola Press, where she met her | 8 | | husband; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In the mid-1970s, Mary McCann took a job as a | 10 | | staff secretary at Wheaton Warrenville High School; she | 11 | | subsequently worked for the Council of West Suburban Colleges | 12 | | while earning a master's degree in business administration from | 13 | | Illinois Benedictine College in Lisle (now Benedictine | 14 | | University); and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1977, Mary McCann wrote two "Speak Out" essays | 16 | | for the Tribune, which reflected on meal preparations and on | 17 | | transitions as her children were growing older; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1983, Mary McCann joined the Oak Brook | 19 | | accounting firm Wolf & Co., where she worked with the firm's | 20 | | managing partner Joel Herter; while at Wolf, her career | 21 | | progressed from strictly administrative support to political |
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| 1 | | reporting, tax preparation, and financial planning; she also | 2 | | received the certified financial planner designation; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, After retiring from Wolf & Co. in 2009, Mary | 4 | | McCann became involved with the Friends of the Wheaton Library, | 5 | | where she served as the group's spokeswoman in its opposition | 6 | | to $300,000 in funding cuts by the City Council; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mary McCann is survived by her husband, John; her | 8 | | son, Brian; her daughters, Maureen McCann and Karen Ogden; and | 9 | | her 3 grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | her family and friends, the passing of Mary McCann; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Mary McCann as an expression of our | 16 | | sympathy.
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