SR1271 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Margaret Clare Leonard of Niantic, who passed away on November 23, 2015; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard was born on April 7, 1939 in Decatur; her parents were Bernard and Margaret Walsh Donovan; she married Edward H. Leonard, Sr. on February 11, 1978; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Springfield and St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard was employed as a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur from 1962 to 1979; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard was an active member of the Macon County Association for Home and Community Education, the GR Chapter of P.E.O., the Decatur branch of the American Association of University Women, and St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary; she also served on the Hospital Sisters Health System St. Mary's Hospital Advisory Council, the Illinois Board of Environmental Health Practitioners, and the Macon County Board of Health and served as a Niantic Township Trustee since 1983; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard was an avid world traveler, having visited over 45 countries; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Annamary Feeney; and

WHEREAS, Margaret Leonard is survived by her husband, Edward, Sr.; her daughter, Anna M. Leonard (Matthew Rogina); her son, Edward H. (Katie) Leonard, Jr.; her sister, Alice (Robert) Boylan; and her brother, Bernard T. (Joyce) Donovan; therefore, be it

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

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Margaret Leonard as an expression of our sympathy.