SR0018 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Margaret D. Horrigan of Joliet, who passed away on January 5, 2009; and

WHEREAS, She was born on May 15, 1927, and raised in Lockport before moving to Joliet; Margaret Irene was the only daughter of Genevieve (Casey) Dailey and Aloysius Patrick Dailey; she was the youngest grandchild of Civil War veteran Lt. James Casey of the Grand Army of the Republic, and niece of Monsignor Joseph Casey of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Chicago, and, through both sets of grandparents, was related to numerous families among Lockport's and Lemont's oldest settlers; and

WHEREAS, She was a valued member of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Joliet (attended by all of her eight children), the Visitation and Aid Society, St Joseph Hospital Auxiliary, St. Paul's Mothers Club, Joliet Junior Women's Club, Saint Francis Academy (class of 1945), and St Mary of the Woods (class of 1948); she married her high school sweetheart, John Hurley Horrigan, at St. Dennis Church in 1948; and

WHEREAS, A life-long Democrat, Marge was on the floor of the 1956 Democratic Presidential Convention in Chicago when Adlai Stevenson received the presidential nomination, and, loading them into the station wagon, took her young children to many of John F. Kennedy's whistle-stop appearances throughout Will County during his successful presidential campaign in 1960; and

WHEREAS, Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, Aloysius Patrick and Genevieve Dailey; her son, Patrick Horrigan; her grandson, Eliot Horrigan; and two brothers, William J. Dailey and Robert Dailey; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Horrigan is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 60 years, John H. Horrigan; her seven children, Peter, William, Anne (Amy Szczepaniak), Betsy (Tim) Carlin, Margaret (Karl) Schmitz, Stephen, and Catherine (Doug) Mohundro; her daughter in-law, Betsy Hollister Dvorak; her eleven grandchildren, Amanda (Keith) Gregory, Nina (William) Manley, Benjamin Horrigan, Ellen (R.D.) McCabe, and Zoe Horrigan; Thomas, Gabriel, and Courtney Christopher; Catherine, Casey, and Patrick Lowry; her step grandchildren, Adam and Jake Mohundro; Johanna, Michael, Kimberly, Patrick, and Samantha Carlin; her two great-grandchildren, Anne McCabe and Jonas Gregory; her step great-grandchild, MaKenna Carlin; and numerous cousins and many dear friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Margaret D. Horrigan; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Margaret D. Horrigan as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.