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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Blanche F. Gavigan, of Waukegan, |
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| Illinois, who passed away on August 2, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Blanche Gavigan will be remembered for her |
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| positive attitude and faith; and
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| WHEREAS, Blanche Gavigan loved dancing in her younger days; |
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| she loved to laugh and spend time with her family; she loved to |
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| listen to Ron Santo talk about the Chicago Cubs; she loved |
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| playing bingo; but she will be remembered most of all for the |
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| love she had for her family, and how she would tell anyone who |
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| would listen about them; and
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| WHEREAS, Blanche Gavigan was a member of St. Anastasia |
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| Parish and the Anastasians; she worked as a Civil Service |
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| Supervisor at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, retiring |
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| after 30 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Blanche Gavigan was preceded in death by her |
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| husband, William; her grandson, Thomas Gavigan; her parents, |
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| Harry and Nellie (nee Tiffany) Bristol; her brothers, Lawrence |
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| and Russell Bristol; and her sister, Genevieve Osmond; and
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| WHEREAS, Blanche Gavigan is survived by her children, |
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| Patrick (Bernadette) Gavigan, Nancy (James) LeMieux, Peggy |
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| (Bob) Asma, Mary Jen (the late Ned) Fisher, and Mike (Kim) |
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| Gavigan; her 20 grandchildren; her 24 great-grandchildren; and |
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| her caregiver, Ule; 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 mourn the passing of |
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| Blanche F. Gavigan and extend our sympathies to her family and |
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| friends at this time; and be it further
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