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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened to learn of the death of Agnes Marie
 4    "Gitsie" O'Dwyer of Aurora on Sunday, May 11, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mrs. O'Dwyer  was  born  Agnes  Marie  Burns  on
 6    November  3,  1927  to  Richard  Owen  Burns  and Agnes Marie
 7    (Picard) Burns; she married John P. O'Dwyer; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  O'Dwyer's  childhood  nickname,  "Gitsie"
 9    stayed with her throughout her life; during  her  youth,  she
10    enjoyed  horseback  riding,  tending  animals,  hunting,  and
11    gardening  at  her family's recreational farm located outside
12    of Somonauk; she enjoyed swimming, water skiing, and  fishing
13    at  the  family cottage in Eagle River, Wisconsin; her entire
14    life was centered around big family activities to  be  shared
15    among  parents,  brothers,  nieces, nephews, cousins, and her
16    own children and friends; and

17        WHEREAS, Mrs. O'Dwyer earned  her  bachelor's  degree  in
18    education  from Barat College and attended classes at the Art
19    Institute of Chicago; she  worked  as  a  school  teacher  in
20    Aurora  and  Park  Ridge and was a homemaker in Evanston; she
21    also worked as a retail  associate  at  Marshall  Field's  in
22    Evanston and Skokie; and

23        WHEREAS,  Gitsie  was  a  gifted student artist and young
24    school  teacher;  she  was  an   excellent   mother,   always
25    challenging   her   children   with   arts,  activities,  and
26    education; she attended mass daily anywhere she traveled  and
27    instilled her Catholic virtues in her children; and

28        WHEREAS,  The passing of Agnes Marie "Gitsie" O'Dwyer has
29    been deeply felt by many, especially her  husband,  John  P.;
30    her  children,  John P. Jr. (Nora), Colleen M. Knight (Gary),
31    Brian R.  (Susan),  James  D.  (Anna),  Caroline  A.  Perullo
 
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 1    (David), Laura M. Cienkus (Keith), Richard K. (Linda), and B.
 2    Kathleen  Watts  (Greg); her grandchildren, Kelly, Katherine,
 3    Steve, and Brian Knight, Sydney, Amanda, and Griffin O'Dwyer,
 4    Patrick O'Dwyer, Maria, Christine, Erin, and  David  Perullo,
 5    and  Georgia  and  Everett Cienkus; and her brothers, Richard
 6    Owen  Burns,  Jr.  M.D.  (Mary)  and  Robert  Napoleon  Burns
 7    (Maureen); she was the dear sister-in-law of Mary C. O'Dwyer,
 8    Joanne O'Dwyer (Francis, deceased), Mary K. O'Dwyer (William,
 9    deceased), and Ruth O'Dwyer (Dennis, deceased); therefore, be
10    it

11        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
12    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
13    of Agnes Marie "Gitsie" O'Dwyer and we extend to  her  family
14    and friends our deepest sympathy; and be it further

15        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
16    presented to the family of Agnes Marie "Gitsie" O'Dwyer as an
17    expression of our sincere condolences.