Full Text of SR0220 94th General Assembly
SR0220 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry passed away on February | 3 |
| 26, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Barry was born on August 12, 1932, to Hugh | 5 |
| and Winifred King McGrane in Far Rockaway, New York; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was born on January 18, 1901, to | 7 |
| Patrick and Mary Rodgers McGrane in Mullatee, Carlingford, | 8 |
| County Louth Ireland and immigrated to the United States in | 9 |
| 1921; and
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| WHEREAS, Winifred King McGrane was born on October 14, | 11 |
| 1899, to George and Ellen King in Loughborough, Leicester | 12 |
| England and immigrated to the United States in 1903; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was a New York City policeman and he | 14 |
| and his wife had six children and twenty grandchildren - Hugh | 15 |
| (Rose), a Marine Corp. veteran and New York City policeman and | 16 |
| his children, Hugh, John, Joanne, Maureen,
Colleen, Marianne, | 17 |
| Joseph, and Tom - George (Joan), a Marine Corp. veteran of the | 18 |
| Korean War, teacher, coach, and far eastern scholar and his | 19 |
| children, Kim and Kevin - John (Marian), a Marine Corp. veteran | 20 |
| and attorney in New York and his children, John, Timothy, | 21 |
| Matthew, Peter, Deirdre, and Shelia - Winifred and her | 22 |
| children, Erin, Bridget, and Patrick and James McGrane; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry graduated from St. Mary | 24 |
| Star of the Sea in 1946 and Stella Maris High School in 1950; | 25 |
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| WHEREAS, She married Robert Barry on May 4, 1960; Robert | 27 |
| was born on July 21, 1931, to Michael and Grace Varley Barry; | 28 |
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| WHEREAS, Robert and Mary Ellen McGrane Barry had one son, | 2 |
| Robert, born on January 28, 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry and her husband lived in | 4 |
| Ottawa for over 20 years, owning and operating Bel-Mill and | 5 |
| Marseilles Liquor and Variety; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon the death of her husband on November 28, | 7 |
| 1987, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry moved to Arlington Heights and | 8 |
| worked for sixteen years for the Clerk of the Circuit Court | 9 |
| (Clerk's Office); and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry was a honest, hard | 11 |
| working, and well-respected employee of the Clerk's office; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane was a devoted mother and loving | 13 |
| grandmother; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we offer our | 16 |
| condolences to the family of Mary Ellen McGrane Barry, | 17 |
| especially her grandchildren, Allison and Andrew Barry; and be | 18 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 21 |
| sympathy.
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