Full Text of SR1149 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 Elizabeth "Betty" Morrissey of North | 4 | | Chicago, who passed away on November 19, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Betty Morrissey was born to Gustave and Elodie Van | 6 | | Laeke on May 9, 1920; she married Edward Morrissey on June 15, | 7 | | 1940; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Betty Morrissey was employed at Nosco, and during | 9 | | World War II, she worked at Fansteel and Abbott Laboratories; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Betty Morrissey was a member of Holy Family Church | 12 | | in North Chicago and Most Blessed Trinity; she was also a | 13 | | member of the Catholic Women's Club and Foss Park Ladies Golf | 14 | | League; she was an avid golfer, bowler, and bridge and pinochle | 15 | | player; she volunteered for Meals on Wheels and the St. Therese | 16 | | Hospital Gift Shop; she enjoyed reading and as long as she had | 17 | | a good book, was never bored; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Betty Morrissey was preceded in death by her | 19 | | husband, Edward; her son, Robert Morrissey; her brothers, | 20 | | William (Ada) Van Laeke, Ray (Tina) Van Laeke, Leo (Pauline) | 21 | | Van Laeke, Carmen (Annette) Van Laeke, and Henry (Christine) |
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| 1 | | Van Laeke; and her sisters, Madeline and Marie De Groote and | 2 | | Eleanor (Frank) Skvarce; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Betty Morrissey is survived by her son, Edward | 4 | | (Mary Alice) Morrissey Jr.; her daughter-in-law, Mary Alice | 5 | | Morrissey; her grandchildren, Lynn Morrissey (Joe Salvatore), | 6 | | Maureen Morrissey, Lori (Bruce) Brugioni, Daniel (Sandra) | 7 | | Morrissey, Robert (Adelah) Morrissey, Karen (Brad) Totten, and | 8 | | Kristin (Matthew) Graham; her great-grandchildren, Ryan (Sara) | 9 | | Brugioni, Matthew Brugioni, Madison (Ryan) Romig, Casey | 10 | | Totten, Payton Totten, Chloe Morrissey, Daniel Morrissey, | 11 | | Marianna Morrissey, Matthew Graham, and Marcus Graham; and her | 12 | | great-great-grandchildren, Brantley Romig and Easton Brugioni; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Elizabeth "Betty" Morrissey and extend our sincere condolences | 17 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Betty Morrissey as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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