Full Text of SR1017 100th 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 A. Leahy, who passed away on October | 4 | | 9, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Leahy was born in Chicago to Charles H. and | 6 | | Flora (Opferman) Sullivan; she attended Holy Ghost Parish | 7 | | School and graduated from Providence High School in 1937; she | 8 | | married Edward J. Leahy at St. Mel's Catholic Church of Chicago | 9 | | on Thanksgiving Day, November 21, 1940; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Mary Leahy worked as a secretary and bookkeeper | 11 | | for a fire extinguisher and safety company; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mary Leahy and her husband were active in the | 13 | | Crystal Lake Country Club and St. Thomas Catholic Church, where | 14 | | she sang in the choir, was a member of the Altar and Rosary | 15 | | Society, the St. Joseph's Guild, the Coordinator of the | 16 | | Traveling Fatima Statue, and a member of the St. Thomas Women's | 17 | | Club, from which she received the Woman of the Year Award; she | 18 | | volunteered her time at St. Joseph's Hospital in Elgin, at the | 19 | | Little Christopher's Resale Shop, and for the Women's Golf | 20 | | League at Crystal Lake Country Club; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Everyone who knew Mary Leahy enjoyed her loving |
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| 1 | | personality; she regularly took friends to doctor appointments | 2 | | and chemotherapy; she often sent unexpected cards and notes to | 3 | | friends and family just to cheer them up; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mary Leahy was preceded in death by her husband, | 5 | | Edward; her parents; her siblings, Catherine, George, Charles, | 6 | | Joseph, Frances, Flora, and Genevieve; her grandsons, Jeffrey | 7 | | and Brian Leahy; and her beloved daughter-in-law, Jody Leahy; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mary Leahy is survived by her children, Charles | 10 | | (Peg) Leahy, Edward (Janet) Leahy, Tom (Sue) Leahy, Joanie | 11 | | (Jim) Collins, and Mary L. Leahy; her grandchildren, Teresa | 12 | | (Richard) Rosenberg, Michael (Connie) Leahy, Morgan (Marnie) | 13 | | Leahy, Sarah (Jon) Brosk, Elizabeth (Matt) Schwartz, and Edward | 14 | | (Suzi) Collins; her great-grandchildren, Katherine, Abigail, | 15 | | Andrew, Ben, Will, Megan Harmony, Hailie, Nicklos, Chase, | 16 | | Everly, Mitchell, Bradley, Noah, and Quinn; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 19 | | Mary A. Leahy and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 20 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to the family of Mary Leahy as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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