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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Mary Elizabeth Boyle of Clarendon Hills,
4 who passed away on April 10, 2010; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The former Mary Elizabeth Ruckman was born and
6 raised in the small town of Amboy, about 85 miles west of
7 Chicago, where her father owned an insurance agency; she was a
8 student teacher at Coonley for a year before receiving a
9 bachelor's degree in education from National Teachers College
10 in Evanston; and
 
11     WHEREAS, She married Donald Boyle in 1947, and the couple
12 lived in Oak Park; she taught nursery school for a few years
13 before they settled in Clarendon Hills in 1955 and she focused
14 on raising her young children; in 1967, with her children older
15 and in school, Mrs. Boyle returned to Coonley as director of
16 the junior and senior kindergarten classes, for ages 4 through
17 6; and
 
18     WHEREAS, She retired in 1991 but continued for a few years
19 as a substitute teacher; in 2001, Mrs. Boyle received the G.
20 Howard Glassford Award at Coonley for her outstanding service
21 to students; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald;
2 and
 
3     WHEREAS, Mary Elizabeth Boyle is survived by her sons,
4 John, Dick, and Phil; her daughters, Lynn Costello and Joanne
5 Hartwig; and her four grandchildren; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
8 her family and friends, the passing of Mary Elizabeth Boyle;
9 and be it further
 
10     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11 presented to the family of Mary Elizabeth Boyle as a symbol of
12 our sincere sympathy.