Full Text of SR0131 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Sister Mary Lou Larkin, who passed away | 4 | | on August 29, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sr. Mary Lou Larkin was born on September 18, 1929 | 6 | | in Omaha, Nebraska; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Sr. Mary Lou Larkin had a long-standing connection | 8 | | to St. Edmund Parish and the entire Oak Park community; for 11 | 9 | | years during the 1970s and 1980s, she taught school at St. | 10 | | Edmund School; she was fondly remembered by her former students | 11 | | and their parents as a kind and gentle disciplinarian who was | 12 | | adept at getting her point across to all, in a stern but loving | 13 | | manner; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Sr. Mary Lou Larkin had many varied assignments | 15 | | during her religious career, including a principalship at St. | 16 | | Bernard School in Los Angeles, California; she also served at | 17 | | St. Dorothy Catholic School on the South Side of Chicago, where | 18 | | she listened in person to many black leaders as they met and | 19 | | spoke there on many occasions; years later, her students from | 20 | | St. Dorothy invited her back to honor her strong faith and | 21 | | loving and professional guidance; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Prior to moving to Mt. Carmel in Dubuque, Iowa in | 2 | | 2011, Sr. Mary Lou Larkin resided at Oak Park's Mills Park | 3 | | Tower for 11 years; she not only developed lasting friendships | 4 | | at the tower but also became the unofficial "chaplain" for the | 5 | | residents; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Sr. Mary Lou Larkin was an active proponent of the | 7 | | goals of the fledgling Oak Park Human Relations Committee | 8 | | during the 1970s; she was an accomplished downhill skier and | 9 | | continued honing her skills well into her 70s; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sr. Mary Lou Larkin is survived by her brother, | 11 | | Mark Larkin, and his family, as well as many relatives in | 12 | | Phoenix, Arizona and Omaha, Nebraska; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 15 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Sister Mary Lou | 16 | | Larkin; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Sr. Mary Lou Larkin as an expression | 19 | | of our sympathy.
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