Full Text of SR0700 96th General Assembly
SR0700 96TH 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 Mary Ellyn Mathews of Peoria, who passed | 4 |
| away on February 24, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born in New York City on August 13, 1936, | 6 |
| to Ned and Madeleine Griffin Shnayerson; she married Thomas | 7 |
| "Tom" McIntyre in Peoria on April 29, 1979; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary was a member of the Anshai Emeth Congregation | 9 |
| in Peoria, was the past president of the Moss-Bradley | 10 |
| Residential Association, was on the State and Peoria boards of | 11 |
| the American Civil Liberties Union, and was the first recipient | 12 |
| of the David Citron Award; and
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| WHEREAS, She was proud to be one of the early volunteers | 14 |
| for the Women's Crises Line, which became Tri-County Women's | 15 |
| Strength; and
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| WHEREAS, She loved to travel but most of all loved | 17 |
| gardening; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Mathews is survived by her husband, Thomas; | 19 |
| her children, Ned (Cecilia) Garcia-Mathews, Eric Isslehardt, | 20 |
| Ronald Broers, Kelly (Bill) Mathews, and Ted (Diane) Mathews |
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| III; her brother, Robert Shnayerson; her six grandchildren; and | 2 |
| her uncle, Robert Shnayerson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Mary Mathews; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Mary Mathews as a symbol of our | 9 |
| sincere sympathy.
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