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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express |
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| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Jean |
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| Louise Desmond, who passed away on September 24, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Jean Louise Desmond was born and raised in Oak |
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| Park; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a 1964 graduate of Oak Park River Forest |
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| High School; she attended Rosary College for one year, then |
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| completed her education at the University of Illinois at |
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| Urbana-Champaign, receiving a Bachelor's degree in fine arts |
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| and a Master's degree in library science; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a university librarian, holding tenured |
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| positions at the University of Illinois and John Carroll |
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| University; and
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| WHEREAS, She was an avid book reader, a fan of classic |
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| movies, a collector of paper dolls and painted cels from |
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| animated movies; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a volunteer at the A.D.O.P.T. animal |
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| shelter in Naperville and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and |
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| Museum in Oak Park; she is survived by her husband, Michael, |
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| and her daughter, Clare; she was preceded in death by her |
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| parents, Richard and Margie Louise (Robertson) Adair; |
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| 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, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Jean Louise Desmond, and |
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| extend our sympathies to them at this time; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |