Bill Text: IL SR0783 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Frances Kelly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [SR0783 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0783-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Frances Kelly, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 10, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly graduated from Barat College in Lake | ||||||
| 6 | Forest; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly taught in Catholic and public | ||||||
| 8 | schools for many years; she also started the first Montessori | ||||||
| 9 | School in Waukegan in 1968; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly was well-regarded as a gifted artist | ||||||
| 11 | and singer; in the 1940s, she joined her sisters, Gerrie and | ||||||
| 12 | Jane, to sing at USO shows, traveling to Army, Navy, and Marine | ||||||
| 13 | Corps bases throughout the United States; much of their free | ||||||
| 14 | time was spent visiting the wounded veterans in military | ||||||
| 15 | hospitals; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly lived her life for Jesus; she | ||||||
| 17 | attended Mass every day and spent many hours in prayer; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 19 | parents, John and Ellen Kelly; her brothers, Tom (Anita) Kelly | ||||||
| 20 | and John (Sue) Kelly; and her sisters, Mary (Vernon) Karasek, | ||||||
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| 1 | Margie (James) Huffine, and Dorothy (Stanley) Durka; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Frances Kelly was the beloved sister of Ginger | ||||||
| 3 | Durkin, Gerrie Keirnan, and Jane Kennedy; she is also survived | ||||||
| 4 | by her many nieces and nephews and her many other family | ||||||
| 5 | members; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 8 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Frances Kelly; and be | ||||||
| 9 | it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Frances Kelly as an expression of | ||||||
| 12 | our sympathy.
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