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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Mary Jane Haggerty of Skokie, who passed
4 away on December 28, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mary Jane Haggerty was raised in Rogers Park; she
6 attended the Marywood Academy for Girls in Evanston; a product
7 of the 1960s, she was swept up by the peace movement; she
8 traveled to Nicaragua several times during and after college;
9 and
 
10     WHEREAS, Mary Jane Haggerty served as the housing action
11 program director for the non-profit Rogers Park Community
12 Council for 12 years; during her tenure as program director,
13 she made it her job to ensure good living conditions for the
14 poor of Rogers Park by pursuing slumlords in various court
15 proceedings; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mary Jane Haggerty is survived by her mother,
17 Jane, and her brother, John; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Mary Jane Haggerty will be remembered by all who
19 knew and loved her as a woman whose broad vision and inclusive
20 sense of the world endeared her to everyone she met; therefore,
21 be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 her family and friends, the passing of Mary Jane Haggerty; and
4 be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Mary Jane Haggerty as an expression
7 of our sympathy.