Full Text of SR0783 98th General Assembly
SR0783 98TH 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 Frances Kelly, who passed away on | 4 | | December 10, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly graduated from Barat College in Lake | 6 | | Forest; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly taught in Catholic and public | 8 | | schools for many years; she also started the first Montessori | 9 | | School in Waukegan in 1968; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly was well-regarded as a gifted artist | 11 | | and singer; in the 1940s, she joined her sisters, Gerrie and | 12 | | Jane, to sing at USO shows, traveling to Army, Navy, and Marine | 13 | | Corps bases throughout the United States; much of their free | 14 | | time was spent visiting the wounded veterans in military | 15 | | hospitals; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly lived her life for Jesus; she | 17 | | attended Mass every day and spent many hours in prayer; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly was preceded in death by her | 19 | | parents, John and Ellen Kelly; her brothers, Tom (Anita) Kelly | 20 | | and John (Sue) Kelly; and her sisters, Mary (Vernon) Karasek, |
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| 1 | | Margie (James) Huffine, and Dorothy (Stanley) Durka; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly was the beloved sister of Ginger | 3 | | Durkin, Gerrie Keirnan, and Jane Kennedy; she is also survived | 4 | | by her many nieces and nephews and her many other family | 5 | | members; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 8 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Frances Kelly; and be | 9 | | it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Frances Kelly as an expression of | 12 | | our sympathy.
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