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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply 
3saddened to learn of the death of Rosemary Anton Bannon of 
4Peoria, who passed away on August 15, 2012; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Rosemary Bannon was born on September 23, 1923, in 
6Parma, Ohio, to Felix and Sophia (Jarus) Anton; she married 
7Edward "Ted" Bannon in Parma, Ohio, on July 21, 1945; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Rosemary Bannon graduated in 1941, from Notre Dame 
9Academy High School in Cleveland; she worked at Ohio Crankshaft 
10and volunteered at Deaconess Hospital in Cleveland; she spent 
11time in El Paso, Texas, Waukegan, and Joliet on her way to 
12Peoria; she volunteered at the U.S. Army Separation Center, 
13while living in El Paso, assisting veterans with their return 
14to civilian live; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Rosemary Bannon joined the family-owned Prima 
16Quality Foods, later known as Trinity Foods, in East Peoria in 
171970, as an office assistant; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Rosemary Bannon and Edward were active in many 
19areas during their lives, including the Christian Family 
20Movement, the Parent's Board of Spalding Institute/Academy of 
21Our Lady, the Armstrong-Ellis Neighborhood Association, the 
 
 
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1West Bluff Council and the Franklin-Edison School Neighborhood 
2Partnership; she was a member of St. Mark Catholic Church in 
3Peoria and a former member of St. Cecilia Catholic Church until 
4its closing; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Rosemary Bannon was preceded in death by her 
6husband, Edward Bannon; her siblings Gertrude Palker, Paul 
7Anton, Ben Anton, and Dick Anton; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Rosemary Bannon is survived by her children, Kevin 
9(Lynn) Bannon, Barb (Jim) Eckhart, Ginny (Tony) Pisano, Terry 
10(Mike) Risen, Kathleen (Eric) Ward, Cookie Bannon, Joanne (Ed 
11Tarbuck) Bannon, Peg (Dane) Buchele, Maureen Bannon, Jean (Doug 
12Schneebeck) Bannon, and Lorrie (Steve) Park; her 
13grandchildren, Jenna Davis, Joe Friederich, Dan Schlicksup, 
14Emily Schoemehl, Edward and Anthony Schlicksup, Isabelle, 
15Eric, and Elizabeth Ward, Scott, Rob, Geoff, Ryan, and Sean 
16Eckhart, Amy, Anne, David, and Tim Risen, Leah Goforth, Elaine 
17Wicker, Kevin West, Maureen Langholf, Michael, Mario, and Nick 
18Pisano, Colleen, Megan, and Jeremy Park, Katie and Alex Jones, 
19Jed, Claire, and Paige Buchele, Jessa Herren, Jimmy and Abby 
20Schneebeck, Erin Sparrow and Frank and Rose Gray; her 26 
21great-grandchildren; her siblings, Mary Ann (Don) Krueger and 
22Joe (Mil) Anton; her sister-in-law, Rosemary Anton; and her 
23many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
3Rosemary Bannon, and extend our sincere condolences to her 
4family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
5further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to the family of Rosemary Bannon as an expression of 
8our deepest sympathy.