Full Text of HR0784 096th General Assembly
HR0784 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Sullivan of Chicago, who passed away on November 2, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan was born in 1910 in Chicago; she | 6 |
| grew up in Chicago's Austin neighborhood; she was a graduate of | 7 |
| Siena High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan graduated from the DePaul | 9 |
| University College of Law and was licensed to practice law in | 10 |
| 1934; after serving as a volunteer in probate court for a year, | 11 |
| she joined the law firm of DeFrees, Fiske, O'Brien & Thomson, | 12 |
| where she met fellow lawyer John Sullivan; the pair were | 13 |
| married in 1937; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1948, Anne Sullivan and her husband went into | 15 |
| practice together as Sullivan & Sullivan with offices in | 16 |
| downtown Chicago; despite the couple's growing family, she | 17 |
| continued to put in full days, coming home with her husband | 18 |
| each night around 6 P.M. to make dinner with help from their | 19 |
| children; she kept the practice after her husband's passing in | 20 |
| 1973 and worked with her daughter, Debbie Roberts, during the | 21 |
| 1990s; she and her husband were also the founders of Chicago's | 22 |
| first paralegal service, Law Clerk Inc.; and
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| WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan was an active member of the Women's | 2 |
| Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the West Suburban | 3 |
| Bar Association, and the DePaul Women's Board; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan enjoyed traveling, fine dining, | 5 |
| theatre, DePaul basketball games, and Notre Dame football | 6 |
| games; and
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| WHEREAS, Anne Sullivan is survived by her sons, Jim, Bill, | 8 |
| Jake, and Larry; her daughters, Debbie Roberts, Mary Dewyer, | 9 |
| Nancy Fitzgerald, and Judy Hannigan; her 24 grandchildren; and | 10 |
| her 24 great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Anne | 14 |
| Sullivan; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Anne Sullivan as an expression of | 17 |
| our sympathy.
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