Full Text of SR0373 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Sister M. Felicity Gaffney, OSF, who | 4 | | passed away on June 5, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sister Felicity was born in Powell, Ohio to Irene | 6 | | (Spring) and James Gaffney in 1921; she was a member of St. | 7 | | Mary Magdalen Parish in Columbus and attended the parish | 8 | | school; she graduated from St. Mary of the Springs High School | 9 | | in Columbus; she obtained her bachelor's degree in French from | 10 | | the College of St. Francis, now known as the University of St. | 11 | | Francis, in Joliet; she earned her Master of Arts in Education | 12 | | from DePaul University in Chicago; she attended the Franciscan | 13 | | Institute in Theology at the College of St. Francis in Joliet; | 14 | | she took courses in Spanish at the University of Colorado in | 15 | | Boulder; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Sister Felicity ministered in the field of | 17 | | education, teaching at various high schools for over 50 years; | 18 | | she began her teaching ministry at St. Francis Academy, now | 19 | | known as Joliet Catholic Academy, in 1943, where she taught | 20 | | English and Spanish; she taught at the majority of high | 21 | | schools that the Joliet Franciscans staffed in Illinois and | 22 | | Ohio; she taught in schools from California to Florida and in | 23 | | schools of diverse cultures, including Indian, Mexican, rural, |
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| 1 | | inner city, private academy, parish schools for girls, co-ed | 2 | | city wide parish schools, large diocesan high schools, and a | 3 | | GED program; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Sister Felicity was preceded in death by her | 5 | | parents; her brothers, George, James, and Paul; and her | 6 | | sisters, Margaret Lombard, Gertrude Caldwell, Bernie Olsen, | 7 | | Dorothy Thornton, Betty DeJohn, and Mary Waldo; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Sister Felicity was a treasured member of the | 9 | | Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate for 81 years; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Sister M. Felicity Gaffney, OSF, and extend our sincere | 14 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 15 | | her; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate as | 18 | | an expression of our deepest sympathy.
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