Full Text of SR0828 95th General Assembly
SR0828 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of former Illinois State Representative | 4 |
| Maureen Murphy of Evergreen Park, who passed away on August 9, | 5 |
| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Maureen Murphy was born on November 14, 1952 and | 7 |
| was a lifelong resident of Evergreen Park; and
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| WHEREAS, Maureen Murphy held a variety of elected offices | 9 |
| over the course of nearly three decades; during the 1980s, she | 10 |
| served on the Evergreen Park High School Board and as Worth | 11 |
| Township clerk; she spent four years in the Illinois House of | 12 |
| Representatives, starting in 1993, and was a member of the Cook | 13 |
| County Board of Review from 1998 until 2007; she also served as | 14 |
| chairwoman of the Cook County Republican Party from 2002 to | 15 |
| 2004; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Maureen Murphy was well known as an outspoken and | 17 |
| tenacious public servant who worked hard to educate the public | 18 |
| about the appeals process during her tenure with the Cook | 19 |
| County Board of Review; and
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| WHEREAS, Maureen Murphy was proud to call herself a | 21 |
| conservative, dubbing herself a "conservative feminist" who |
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| fought for the sanctity of life and ensuring ballot integrity | 2 |
| in Cook County; she was also a devout Catholic who attended | 3 |
| Mass daily; and
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| WHEREAS, Maureen Murphy is survived by her husband, Jack; | 5 |
| her sons, Jason, Shaun, Michael, and Matthew; and her | 6 |
| grandchildren, Brennah, Maggie, Jack, and Nathan; and
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| WHEREAS, Maureen Murphy will be remembered by all who knew | 8 |
| and loved her as a hard-working and passionate wife, mother, | 9 |
| and public servant who always fought for what she believed in; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| her family and friends, the passing of our former colleague, | 14 |
| Maureen Murphy; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Maureen Murphy as an expression of | 17 |
| our sympathy.
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