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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Marilyn J. Long of Joliet, who passed |
| 4 | | away on June 18, 2015; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Long was born in Joliet on August 26, 1923 |
| 6 | | to William P. and Mary E. (nee Callaghan) Burt; she was a |
| 7 | | graduate of St. Francis Academy and member of the Phi Chi Omega |
| 8 | | Sorority; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Long worked for several years at the main |
| 10 | | post office in downtown Joliet until she married and had |
| 11 | | children; after raising her 4 children, she returned to work as |
| 12 | | office manager for her husband's Incentive Marketing company; |
| 13 | | she also did special accounting projects for their Budweiser |
| 14 | | distributorship, Eagle Brands; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Long was a founding parishioner of the |
| 16 | | Church of St. Jude and a founding officer of its Altar and |
| 17 | | Rosary Society; she and her husband traveled extensively |
| 18 | | throughout the United States and Europe with their children and |
| 19 | | grandchildren; she loved to spend the winters at their Venice, |
| 20 | | Florida home; she was extremely proud of her Irish heritage and |
| 21 | | her favorite destination was Ireland, which she visited many |
| 22 | | times; she was an avid reader and enjoyed the theater, movies, |
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| 1 | | horse racing, and shopping, especially for gifts for family and |
| 2 | | friends; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Marilyn Long was the beloved wife of 67 years of |
| 4 | | Robert A. Long; the devoted mother of Kerry Long (Tom Manaher), |
| 5 | | Connie (Richard) Myers, Barrett (Jeanne) Long, and Erin (Matt) |
| 6 | | Springman; the adoring and indulgent grandmother of Bridget |
| 7 | | (Vince) Mullins, Kevin Springman, Mary Kate Springman, and |
| 8 | | Maggie Long; the loving great-grandmother of Ava Mary Mullins, |
| 9 | | whom she holds in her arms in heaven; the fond sister of Joan |
| 10 | | (late Robert) Nielsen; the sister-in-law of Beverly (late |
| 11 | | Thomas) Feehan; and a dear aunt, great-aunt, and cousin; in |
| 12 | | addition, she was preceded in death by her parents; her |
| 13 | | brother, William (Phyllis); and her brothers-in-law and |
| 14 | | sisters-in-law, Loretta (James) Sullivan, Tom (Martha), John |
| 15 | | (Alice), Barrett (Catherine), Marge, Norman (Pauline), and Don |
| 16 | | Long; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | Marilyn J. Long, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 21 | | further
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| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 23 | | presented to the family of Marilyn Long as an expression of our |