Full Text of SR1326 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Mary Therese "Tesse" Donnelly, who | 4 | | passed away on January 4, 2022 at the age of 91; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly was born on October 20, 1930 to | 6 | | Vincent and Theresa McNulty Hartigan and lived in St. Louis | 7 | | with her younger siblings Vincent Emmet and Helen Patrice | 8 | | Hartigan; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly attended Fontbonne College until | 10 | | she transferred to the College of New Rochelle in New York; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly was an active member of the Young | 12 | | Christian Students and the National Students Association, | 13 | | serving as Chair of the latter's Missouri-Kansas region in | 14 | | 1949; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly continued her education at the | 16 | | University of Chicago, studying under Yves Simon and earning | 17 | | her master's degree in history; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly was the only woman enrolled in the | 19 | | University of Chicago's graduate history program at the time; | 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly and her future husband, William J. | 2 | | Donnelly, met during her time at the University of Chicago | 3 | | and, at the time of his death in 2016, they had been married | 4 | | nearly 60 years; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly and her husband led a household of | 6 | | five children in Oak Park; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly worked vigorously for racial | 8 | | integration, open housing, and the Fair Housing Ordinance, | 9 | | which, in May 1968, culminated in its passage in Oak Park; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly worked with women to foster their | 11 | | mutual flourishing in groups and organizations, including the | 12 | | La Leche League, the Lauds Prayer Group, and Limina, a women's | 13 | | spirituality organization; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly served as president on the board | 15 | | of the C.G. Jung Institute in Evanston; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly helped to found the Experimental | 17 | | Program at Oak Park River Forest High School and Arbor West | 18 | | Neighbors; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly made sure that as often as her |
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| 1 | | activism drew her from the home into the world that she would | 2 | | also bring the world into her home; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly and her husband Bill would invite | 4 | | guests to join them for gatherings characterized by ritual and | 5 | | song; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly, a founding member of the St. | 7 | | Giles Family Mass Community in 1971, hosted numerous meetings | 8 | | and, on occasion, mass in her home; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly was an avid organic gardener and | 10 | | delighted in visits from all manner of birds to her | 11 | | always-full birdfeeder; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly treasured her neighbors on Forest | 13 | | Avenue and was involved in planning annual block parties, | 14 | | attending her last one in the fall of 2021; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly, when asked how she would like to | 16 | | be remembered, replied "As someone who cared"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Tesse Donnelly is survived by her children, | 18 | | Thomas (Anne Wicker), John, Theresa (John Irwin), Patrick | 19 | | (Jessica Daniels), and Maura (Matthew O'Halloran); and her | 20 | | grandchildren, Claude, Ambrose, Liam, Gabriel, Lucy, Beatrice, |
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| 1 | | Fiona, Finnbar, Ronan, and Emmett; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 | | Mary Therese "Tesse" Donnelly and extend our sincere | 5 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 6 | | her; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Tesse Donnelly as an expression of | 9 | | our deepest sympathy.
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