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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry passed away on February 
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26, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mrs. Barry was born on August 12, 1932, to Hugh 
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and Winifred King McGrane in Far Rockaway, New York; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was born on January 18, 1901, to 
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Patrick and Mary Rodgers McGrane in Mullatee, Carlingford, 
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County Louth Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 
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1921; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Winifred King McGrane was born on October 14, 
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1899, to George and Ellen King in Loughborough, Leicester 
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England and immigrated to the United States in 1903; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was a New York City policeman and he 
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and his wife had six children and twenty grandchildren - Hugh 
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(Rose), a Marine Corp. veteran and New York City policeman and 
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his children, Hugh, John, Joanne, Maureen,
Colleen, Marianne, 
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Joseph, and Tom - George (Joan), a Marine Corp. veteran of the 
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Korean War, teacher, coach, and far eastern scholar and his 
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children, Kim and Kevin - John (Marian), a Marine Corp. veteran 
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and attorney in New York and his children, John, Timothy, 
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Matthew, Peter, Deirdre, and Shelia - Winifred and her 
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children, Erin, Bridget, and Patrick and James McGrane; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry graduated from St. Mary 
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Star of the Sea in 1946 and Stella Maris High School in 1950; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, She married Robert Barry on May 4, 1960; Robert 
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was born on July 21, 1931, to Michael and Grace Varley Barry; 
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and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Robert and Mary Ellen McGrane Barry had one son, 
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Robert, born on January 28, 1961; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry and her husband lived in 
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Ottawa for over 20 years, owning and operating Bel-Mill and 
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Marseilles Liquor and Variety; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Upon the death of her husband on November 28, 
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1987, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry moved to Arlington Heights and 
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worked for sixteen years for the Clerk of the Circuit Court 
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(Clerk's Office); and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry was a honest, hard 
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working, and well-respected employee of the Clerk's office; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane was a devoted mother and loving 
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grandmother; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we offer our 
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condolences to the family of Mary Ellen McGrane Barry, 
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especially her grandchildren, Allison and Andrew Barry; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to her family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.