Full Text of SR0751 95th General Assembly
SR0751 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Mary K. McCloskey of Alton, who passed | 4 |
| away on January 13, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born February 11, 1909, in Marion, | 6 |
| Indiana, and raised in New Castle, Indiana, by her parents | 7 |
| Felix and Nola (Brown) Peckinpaugh; she attended Iowa State | 8 |
| University, where she joined Pi Beta Phi sorority and graduated | 9 |
| with a master's degree in education; following graduation, she | 10 |
| taught home economics in South Bend, Indiana; and
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| WHEREAS, She married Dr. James D. McCloskey; after he | 12 |
| completed medical residency at the University of Iowa, they | 13 |
| moved to Alton where Dr. McCloskey was a noted ENT surgeon and | 14 |
| she became an enthusiastic community volunteer; she was active | 15 |
| in St. Joseph Hospital and Madison County Medical Society | 16 |
| auxiliaries, League of Women Voters, American Association of | 17 |
| University Women, and Zonta International; and
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| WHEREAS, She taught emergency mass feeding classes for the | 19 |
| American Red Cross, volunteered at her children's schools, and | 20 |
| led Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops; after the passing of her | 21 |
| husband in 1963, she returned to the work force as a social | 22 |
| worker for the State of Illinois; she rose to supervisory |
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| positions prior to retirement; after retirement she returned to | 2 |
| community service, but devoted much of her time and energy to | 3 |
| enjoying and helping family and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Surviving are two daughters, Patricia Provost and | 5 |
| Margaret Hammons; a son, James McCloskey; along with eleven | 6 |
| grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mary K. McCloskey; and | 10 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Mary K. McCloskey as a symbol of our | 13 |
| sincere sympathy.
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