Full Text of SR0092 100th 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 Janet Ann "Jan" O'Rourke of Danville, who | 4 | | passed away on January 9, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke was born in New Haven, Connecticut | 6 | | to Frank W. Flood and Rose Clark Corbett on April 16, 1931; she | 7 | | graduated from Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut in | 8 | | 1949 and attended the University of Connecticut; she earned a | 9 | | Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education from Southern | 10 | | Connecticut State College in 1953; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke began her career in education in | 12 | | Hamden, where she taught at Dunbar Hill School for four years; | 13 | | she worked towards her master's degree at Bridgewater Teachers | 14 | | College in Bridgewater, Massachusetts; in 1957, she taught | 15 | | elementary school at a United States Army base in Zama, Japan, | 16 | | for one year and then on another base in Giessen, West Germany | 17 | | for a year; in 1959, she became Assistant to the Dean of Women | 18 | | at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where | 19 | | she also worked as director of the student center and as | 20 | | manager of the social center; she married John O'Rourke in | 21 | | Hamden on June 24, 1961; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke continued her teaching career in |
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| 1 | | Danville; she taught at the YWCA Pre-School from 1981 to 1989, | 2 | | serving as director from 1986 to 1989; she taught pre-school at | 3 | | St. Paul's Catholic School and at Central Christian Church; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke was active in numerous school and | 5 | | community activities; she served on the school board and was | 6 | | President of the Home and School Board at St. Paul's School; | 7 | | she was the Parents' Club President at Schlarman High School; | 8 | | she was a 4-H group leader and a member of the Vermilion County | 9 | | Bar Association Auxiliary and Birthright of Danville; she was | 10 | | part of the fifth class of the Leadership Danville program; in | 11 | | recent years, she was active in the Danville Garden Club; after | 12 | | her retirement, she planted and tended a beautiful and | 13 | | extensive flower garden at her home each summer; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke enjoyed family holiday | 15 | | celebrations and annual trips to Lake Michigan for Labor Day | 16 | | weekend; she also enjoyed traveling to visit her sisters on the | 17 | | East Coast; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke was preceded in death by her | 19 | | parents and an infant grandson; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Janet O'Rourke is survived by her husband of 55 | 21 | | years, Honorable John P. O'Rourke (Ret.); her children, Kerry, | 22 | | Beth (Kevin Reiman), Ellen (Peter McCormack), Amy (Steve |
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| 1 | | Marsey), Peter, and Meg (Jeff Head); her grandchildren, Kate, | 2 | | Erin, and Will Reiman, Mary Margaret and Brigid McCormack, Eli, | 3 | | Jane, and John Marsey, Aubre Jean and Cain O'Rourke, and Simon, | 4 | | Seamus, and Max Head; and her sisters, Marie Merkel, Rosemary | 5 | | Fitzpatrick, Joan Ciaburri, Frances Jack, Virginia Kelly, and | 6 | | Elizabeth Ziter; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Janet Ann "Jan" O'Rourke, and extend our sincere condolences to | 10 | | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Janet O'Rourke as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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