Full Text of SR0885 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Carolyn Hope McMahon of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on July 7, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn McMahon was born in Lansing, Michigan on | 6 | | May 17, 1929 to Hope and Ellsworth Reamon and moved shortly | 7 | | thereafter to Syracuse, New York; she graduated from St. | 8 | | Lawrence University with honors and was certified as a | 9 | | religious educator by St. Lawrence Theological School; from | 10 | | 1950 to 1951, she had a Danforth Graduate Fellowship at the | 11 | | University of Iowa; she married Walter W. McMahon on June 17, | 12 | | 1951; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn McMahon was Religious Education Director | 14 | | at the Universalist Church in Wausau, Wisconsin while her | 15 | | husband served in the military; they lived in London, England, | 16 | | while her husband was at the London School of Economics and | 17 | | then settled in Urbana in 1957; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn McMahon continued her first career as | 19 | | Director of Religious Education from 1957 through 1963 at the | 20 | | Unitarian-Universalist Church in Urbana; she was active in the | 21 | | community as rental chair for the Fair Housing Bureau and board | 22 | | Chair of the United Nations Association; over the years, she |
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| 1 | | was a member of the International Women's Year Committee, a | 2 | | teacher's aide for blind children, served as a UNICEF Chair, | 3 | | the Chair of the Commerce Women's Club Board, and a member of | 4 | | the University Newcomer's Board; she and her family's lives | 5 | | were greatly enriched by living abroad during successive | 6 | | sabbaticals in London; Washington, D.C.; Paris; Rotterdam; | 7 | | Stockholm; and Rottingdean, England; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn McMahon's second career began after she | 9 | | completed her master's degree in library science at the | 10 | | University of Illinois and became librarian at King School in | 11 | | Urbana from 1976 to 1978 and then librarian at the National | 12 | | Council of Teachers of English from 1981 through 1996; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn McMahon and her husband enjoyed their | 14 | | travels together throughout Europe, Africa, Nepal, Thailand, | 15 | | Indonesia, Australia, Japan, China, Central America, Chile, | 16 | | and Argentina, and winter vacations in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; | 17 | | she cherished the annual family reunion each August and was | 18 | | active in many social groups; she was an avid reader and | 19 | | passionate gardener, and enjoyed entertaining and spending | 20 | | time with her wonderful family; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Carolyn McMahon is survived by her husband, | 22 | | Walter; her sister, Judy Ingison; her daughter, Lynn Hanson and | 23 | | Lynn's husband, Michael; her daughter, Vicki Avril and Vicki's |
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| 1 | | husband, Gary; her son, Christopher McMahon and Christopher's | 2 | | wife, Katherine; her daughter, Jennifer Ellis and Jennifer's | 3 | | husband, Jon; her 9 grandchildren; her 4 great-grandchildren; | 4 | | and her 4 nieces and nephews and their families; therefore, be | 5 | | it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Carolyn Hope McMahon, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Carolyn McMahon as an expression of | 13 | | our deepest sympathy.
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