Full Text of HR0898 96th General Assembly
HR0898 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Patricia | 4 |
| Kay (White) Connolly of Marion, who passed away on January 9, | 5 |
| 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born February 22, 1926, in Marion, to | 7 |
| Frank and Louise (Volk) White; after her mother's death, she | 8 |
| was raised by her father, Frank "Sweetie Pie" and his wife, | 9 |
| Dorene (Bertane) White "Mum-Mum";
Patricia was united in | 10 |
| marriage with John Joseph Connolly on August 18, 1949, at | 11 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Du Quoin; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Connolly was a homemaker and a member of St. | 13 |
| Joseph Catholic Church in Marion; she was educated all over | 14 |
| Illinois and the surrounding area, including the Academy of | 15 |
| Notre Dame in Belleville, Webster College in St. Louis, and | 16 |
| Chicago Music College; and
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| WHEREAS, She was known for her interest in many diverse | 18 |
| topics, which she studied and researched extensively, | 19 |
| including her love of Jesus Christ, opera singing and | 20 |
| performing, handwriting analysis, her great love of | 21 |
| literature, and even animals, including her daily feedings of | 22 |
| all the squirrels and birds that were lucky enough to inhabit |
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| her backyard; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 3 |
| stepmother; and her infant son, John Joseph Connolly Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Patricia Connolly is survived by her husband of 60 | 5 |
| years, John Connolly; her daughters and a son-in-law, Mary and | 6 |
| Jim Gabby and Patti Peterson; her seven grandchildren, John | 7 |
| Gabby, Rachel (Josh) Dunnigan, Lindsay Gabby, Katie Gabby, | 8 |
| Allison Powell Pape, Jackson Connolly, and Zachary Peterson; | 9 |
| her three great-grandchildren, Grace Pape, Joseph Pape, and | 10 |
| Olivia Crain; her cousin, Marianne Mayer; her former | 11 |
| grandson-in-law, Nathaniel Pape; and her special friends, | 12 |
| Nealy, Jeff, and Joy Brown; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 16 |
| Patricia Connolly; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to the family of Patricia Connolly as a symbol of our | 19 |
| sincere sympathy.
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