Bill Text: IL HR0171 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Barbara A. Murphy of Glen Ellyn.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0171 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0171-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Barbara | ||||||
| 4 | A. Murphy of Glen Ellyn, who passed away on March 3, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Barbara Murphy was born on December 24, 1937 and | ||||||
| 6 | grew up in Connecticut, where she attended Greenwich Academy; | ||||||
| 7 | she attended Skidmore College in New York and settled in Glen | ||||||
| 8 | Ellyn in 1962; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Barbara Murphy was the longest serving DuPage | ||||||
| 10 | County Republican Chairwoman; she was dedicated to good | ||||||
| 11 | government and the Republican Party; she began her career as a | ||||||
| 12 | volunteer for Richard Nixon's campaign in California in 1960; | ||||||
| 13 | she was the first woman to be elected as a Milton Township | ||||||
| 14 | Trustee and the first woman to be elected as chairman of the | ||||||
| 15 | Milton Township Republican Central Committee; she served under | ||||||
| 16 | Secretaries of State George Ryan and Jesse White as a member of | ||||||
| 17 | the Illinois Motor Vehicle Review Board; she was appointed to | ||||||
| 18 | the Illinois Toll Highway Advisory Board by Governor Jim Edgar | ||||||
| 19 | and served for five years; she was a state central | ||||||
| 20 | committeewoman for the 6th Congressional District in the 1980s; | ||||||
| 21 | most recently, she was on the boards of the DuPage Civic Center | ||||||
| 22 | Authority and the DuPage County Domestic Violence Task Force; | ||||||
| 23 | and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Barbara Murphy was a former co-owner of the Daffy | ||||||
| 2 | Down Dilly gift shop in Glen Ellyn; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Barbara Murphy was a member of the Inland Western | ||||||
| 4 | Retail Sales Trust Board; she was a founding member of The | ||||||
| 5 | Friends of Family Shelter; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Barbara Murphy is survived by her sons, David | ||||||
| 7 | (Patti), Jeffrey (Kim), Brooks (Amy), and Bradley (Bridget); | ||||||
| 8 | nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren; therefore, | ||||||
| 9 | be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we mourn the passing of Barbara A. Murphy and extend our | ||||||
| 13 | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 14 | and loved her; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Barbara Murphy as an expression of | ||||||
| 17 | our deepest sympathy.
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