Full Text of SR0535 95th General Assembly
SR0535 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Madonna Wallace Weldon, who passed away | 4 |
| on January 11, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Madonna Weldon was born and raised in Chicago, the | 6 |
| daughter of the late William Dennis and Lorita, nee Meegan, | 7 |
| Wallace; she was a 1972 graduate of Mother McAuley High School; | 8 |
| she received her bachelor's degree in nursing in 1976 from St. | 9 |
| Theresa's College in Winona, Minnesota; and
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| WHEREAS, Madonna Weldon began her nursing career at | 11 |
| Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago, where she worked until | 12 |
| she married her husband, Bill, in 1978; after Mr. and Mrs. | 13 |
| Weldon moved to New York City, Mrs. Weldon worked as a nurse in | 14 |
| a doctor's office in Manhattan; she left her job when she | 15 |
| started to have her children; the family later moved back to | 16 |
| the Chicago area; and
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| WHEREAS, Madonna Weldon devoted much of her time as a | 18 |
| mentor to inner-city children, mentoring four girls who were | 19 |
| Gallagher Scholars through the Big Shoulders Fund, a Chicago | 20 |
| agency that has donated $150 million to Chicago's Catholic | 21 |
| schools; she also started a program that linked the students of | 22 |
| Willard Elementary School in River Forest with area senior |
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| citizens in order to help them experience intergenerational | 2 |
| connections; her Big Hearts, Little Hands program, a | 3 |
| Valentine's Day event where seniors from the community are | 4 |
| brought to the school for a tea, remains a highlight for the | 5 |
| students; and
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| WHEREAS, Madonna Weldon is survived by her husband, Bill; | 7 |
| her daughters, Erin, Elizabeth, and Caelan; her sons, Bill and | 8 |
| Conor; her sisters, Gail Goggin, Lesa Meyer, and Julie Hummel; | 9 |
| her brothers, Michael Wallace and Tony Wallace; her aunt, | 10 |
| Sister Elizabeth Meegan, O.P.; and her many nieces and nephews; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Madonna Weldon; and be | 15 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Madonna Weldon as an expression of | 18 |
| our sympathy.
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