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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of Cheryl (Bills) McIntire of Danville, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on September 3, 2021; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire was born to Eldon and Bernice | ||||||
6 | Bills in Elgin Memorial Hospital on September 22, 1955; she | ||||||
7 | was raised in Barrington; she graduated from Barrington High | ||||||
8 | School in 1973 and Illinois State University in 1977; she | ||||||
9 | married Robert McIntire in Barrington in 1978; she later | ||||||
10 | obtained her master's degree in Social Work from the | ||||||
11 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her master's | ||||||
12 | degree in Education from Eastern Illinois University; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire took a job as a juvenile | ||||||
14 | probation officer for the McLean County Court Services Office | ||||||
15 | after graduating from Illinois State University; her | ||||||
16 | professional career led her to the Illinois Department of | ||||||
17 | Children and Family Services as a caseworker, which she | ||||||
18 | maintained as her family moved to Ottawa and then Champaign; | ||||||
19 | her husband's employment then led her to Catlin in Vermilion | ||||||
20 | County, where she obtained employment as a school social | ||||||
21 | worker for the Vermilion Association for Special Education and | ||||||
22 | then Danville District 118; she then returned to DCFS as a | ||||||
23 | supervisor and moved to Danville before advancing to the |
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1 | position of assistant regional administrator for the Central | ||||||
2 | Region of DCFS; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire matriculated at Eastern Illinois | ||||||
4 | University to obtain a master's degree after her employment | ||||||
5 | with DCFS ended; she interned for Danville District 188 before | ||||||
6 | serving as principal of Pleasant Acres Elementary School in | ||||||
7 | Rantoul; she then served as principal of Northeast Elementary | ||||||
8 | Magnet School in Danville; during her tenure, Northeast | ||||||
9 | Elementary was awarded the Gold Award from the Alliance For A | ||||||
10 | Healthier Generation for the healthy food program the school | ||||||
11 | instituted, becoming the first elementary school in the nation | ||||||
12 | to receive such an award; she left District 118 to return to | ||||||
13 | DCFS as an assistant deputy director, administering adoptions | ||||||
14 | statewide for the agency; and
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15 | WHEREAS, After her retirement, Cheryl McIntire served as | ||||||
16 | executive director for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Vermilion | ||||||
17 | County and as an administrator for the Center for Youth and | ||||||
18 | Family Solutions; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire was initiated as an alumni member | ||||||
20 | of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for women in 2013; she enjoyed | ||||||
21 | antiquing and owned several antique businesses in the Danville | ||||||
22 | area; she was a devoted Chicago Cubs fan and was present at | ||||||
23 | Wrigley Field with her husband and daughter when the Cubs |
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1 | clinched the pennant in 2016; she loved walking and spoiling | ||||||
2 | her Scottish Terriers, Thompson and Katie; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire was known for her lifelong | ||||||
4 | devotion to children, beginning with her social work | ||||||
5 | internship for the Salvation Army in Chicago's Bridgeport | ||||||
6 | neighborhood; she loved helping children in her care, | ||||||
7 | assisting her students to succeed, and mentoring others who | ||||||
8 | had the same devotion; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire was preceded in death by her | ||||||
10 | daughter-in-law, Carolyn (Jeffrey) McIntire; her brother, | ||||||
11 | Douglas Bills; and her sister, Deborah (Duane) Cope; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Cheryl McIntire is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
13 | Melinda McIntire; her stepson, Jeffrey (the late Carolyn) | ||||||
14 | McIntire; her brothers, Dennis (Nancy) Bills, Richard | ||||||
15 | (Suzette) Bills, and brother Allen (Pamela) Bills; her sister, | ||||||
16 | Karen Bills See; and her brother-in-law, Duane Cope; | ||||||
17 | therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
19 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
20 | Cheryl (Bills) McIntire and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
21 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
22 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Cheryl McIntire as an expression of | ||||||
3 | our deepest sympathy.
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