Full Text of HR0855 094th General Assembly
HR0855 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois recently learned of the death of Ann Bailey | 4 |
| Prichard of Glen Ellyn on Monday, January 9, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Prichard was born on August 28, 1900, in Glen | 6 |
| Ellyn to Eugene Bailey and Inastelle Gauch; she had one brother | 7 |
| and four stepbrothers and sisters; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, She left school early in order to selflessly care | 9 |
| for her father and brothers and sisters when her mother passed | 10 |
| away; she did this throughout her schooling years while still | 11 |
| finding time to learn music; she was an accomplished pianist by | 12 |
| the age of 14; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Upon graduating from Glenbard High School in 1918, | 14 |
| she went to work for the Glen Ellyn Post Office, where she | 15 |
| aspired to break the gender barrier and become a female railway | 16 |
| clerk; here she met her future husband, Harold Prichard; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Prichard was a lifelong resident and the | 18 |
| longest living person of Glen Ellyn at the time of her passing; | 19 |
| she was born and lived at 567 Park Boulevard in her grandmother | 20 |
| Gauch's home; three years later, she moved to 636 Park | 21 |
| Boulevard into a house that her father built; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, In 1923, she moved to 546 Forest Ave. with her | 23 |
| husband, Harold Prichard, where she lived until 1978; together, | 24 |
| they had five children, Merrill, Harold, Marjorie, Marylyn, and | 25 |
| Donald, and her family always came first; she raised the | 26 |
| children with the help of her aunt after her dear husband | 27 |
| passed away in 1941; her life was her family, and she would | 28 |
| bake and sell pies in order to earn money to pay for their | 29 |
| dance and piano lessons; she also ensured that higher education | 30 |
| was readily available to her children, and each of them |
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| graduated from the University of Illinois or Northern Illinois | 2 |
| University with degrees; and
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| WHEREAS, She worked as an office manager for the Milton | 4 |
| Township Assessors Office, retiring after 43 years of service; | 5 |
| she was a longtime member of First Congregational Church of | 6 |
| Glen Ellyn, where she remained active until 2003; her | 7 |
| participation only ceased because she moved; she had a passion | 8 |
| for reading romance novels and traveled extensively throughout | 9 |
| the United States, Europe, and the Caribbean; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1978, she moved to a condominium at 445 Park | 11 |
| Boulevard, where she lived until she was 102 years old; she | 12 |
| then moved to Sunset Assisted Living Center, where she will | 13 |
| always be remembered for her sense of humor; she was an avid | 14 |
| Cubs fan and never missed a televised game; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Prichard and her friends, Mildred Patch | 16 |
| Mulligan and Helen Clippinger were the subject of a documentary | 17 |
| to be produced by actress Julia Roberts; the Many Marys and | 18 |
| Marthas group, or M.M.M.s, dated back to 1917 and once helped | 19 |
| to build a tennis court; the documentary, titled "Old Friends", | 20 |
| was to be co-produced and narrated by Ms. Roberts; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Throughout her long life, Ann Bailey Prichard | 22 |
| touched many hearts, especially her children, Merrill E. | 23 |
| (Bonnie) Prichard, Harold C. Jr. (Suzanne) Prichard, Marjorie | 24 |
| P. Cole, Marylyn P. Conrad, and Donald E. (Diane) Prichard; her | 25 |
| grandchildren, Lynn Prichard Goedde, James Francis Conrad, | 26 |
| David Andrew Prichard, Gary Owen Prichard, Mark Allen Prichard, | 27 |
| Jeffrey Lee Conrad, Karen Conrad Koestner, Gordon Howard Cole, | 28 |
| Ann Prichard Considine, Sue Prichard Hodges, Lee Merrill | 29 |
| Prichard, Barbara Cole Mashburn, Jay Bailey Prichard, and Brian | 30 |
| Canfield Prichard; her great-grandchildren, Christopher Lee | 31 |
| Conrad, David James Conrad, Nancy Elizabeth Hodges Strother, | 32 |
| Bradley Gordon Cole, Kenneth John Cole, Mackenzie Noelle |
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| Prichard, Amy Elizabeth Mashburn, Wesley Merrill Hodges, | 2 |
| Jonathan Logan Conrad, Sarah Rebecca Mashburn, Kari Ann Conrad | 3 |
| Moses, Caroline Anne Prichard, Bailey Grace Prichard, Nicholas | 4 |
| John Goedde, Lauren Bailey Goedde, Kellie Ann Conrad, Maire | 5 |
| Catherine Elizabeth Considine, Hannah Katherine Goedde, | 6 |
| Colleen Ann Considine, Bryan James Koestner, Kyle David | 7 |
| Koestner, Cameron Daniel Considine, Kevin Patrick Goedde, | 8 |
| Scott Ryan Prichard, James Oliver Hodges, VI, and Claire Elise | 9 |
| Prichard; and her nephew, Arthur Bailey; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we celebrate the life of Ann Prichard of Glen Ellyn, who passed | 13 |
| away at the age of 105, and we extend our deepest sympathy to | 14 |
| her family and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our condolences.
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