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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Mary Ellyn Mathews of Peoria, who passed
4 away on February 24, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born in New York City on August 13, 1936,
6 to Ned and Madeleine Griffin Shnayerson; she married Thomas
7 "Tom" McIntyre in Peoria on April 29, 1979; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mary was a member of the Anshai Emeth Congregation
9 in Peoria, was the past president of the Moss-Bradley
10 Residential Association, was on the State and Peoria boards of
11 the American Civil Liberties Union, and was the first recipient
12 of the David Citron Award; and
 
13     WHEREAS, She was proud to be one of the early volunteers
14 for the Women's Crises Line, which became Tri-County Women's
15 Strength; and
 
16     WHEREAS, She loved to travel but most of all loved
17 gardening; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Mary Mathews is survived by her husband, Thomas;
19 her children, Ned (Cecilia) Garcia-Mathews, Eric Isslehardt,
20 Ronald Broers, Kelly (Bill) Mathews, and Ted (Diane) Mathews

 

 

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1 III; her brother, Robert Shnayerson; her six grandchildren; and
2 her uncle, Robert Shnayerson; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
4 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5 her family and friends, the passing of Mary Mathews; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to the family of Mary Mathews as a symbol of our
9 sincere sympathy.