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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Alice F.
4(Fitch) Gallagher, President of the Village of Western
5Springs, who passed away on March 21, 2023; and
 
6    WHEREAS, President Gallagher was a graduate of Miami
7University of Ohio and Seattle University School of Law; she
8and her husband, Terry, raised their five children in the
9Field Park neighborhood of the Village of Western Springs; and
 
10    WHEREAS, President Gallagher was an attorney who dedicated
11her time towards serving her community; she was president of
12the Field Park PTO from 2003 to 2004, chair of the Western
13Springs Foundation for Educational Excellence from 2004 to
142005, and a member of the Western Springs School District 101
15Board of Education from 2005 to 2009; she then served as a
16trustee of the Village of Western Springs from 2013 to 2017
17before being elected as village president in 2017; she was
18re-elected for another four-year term in 2021, and she was
19serving as village president at the time of her passing; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Since becoming village president in May 2017,
21President Gallagher had served on the regional council of
22government West Central Municipal Conference, as president of

 

 

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1the Central Council of Mayors, a director of the Executive
2Committee, chair of the Central Council Transportation
3Committee, and co-chair of the joint Central/North Central
4Transportation Committee; she also served on the Chicago
5Metropolitan Agency for Planning Council of Mayors Executive
6Committee; she was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker to serve
7on the Board of the Illinois Tollway in February 2019, where
8she served as chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the
9Finance, Administration, & Operations Committee and the
10Systems Review & Customer Service Committee; and
 
11    WHEREAS, President Gallagher volunteered as an ESL teacher
12for School on Wheels from 2008 to 2010 and as a yoga teacher
13and mentor from 2016 to 2017; and
 
14    WHEREAS, President Gallagher was the wife of Judge John
15"Terry" Gallagher; the mother of John, Tom, Dan, Marilyn, and
16Joe; the daughter of James A. Fitch and the late Marilyn Fitch;
17the stepdaughter of the late Beth Fitch; and the sister of Jim
18(the late Nancy) Fitch and Ed (Marybeth) Fitch; therefore, be
19it
 
20    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
21HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22we mourn the passing of Alice F. (Fitch) Gallagher, President
23of the Village of Western Springs, and extend our sincere

 

 

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1condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved
2her; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of President Gallagher as an
5expression of our deepest sympathy.