Full Text of HR0174 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Alice F. | 4 | | (Fitch) Gallagher, President of the Village of Western | 5 | | Springs, who passed away on March 21, 2023; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, President Gallagher was a graduate of Miami | 7 | | University of Ohio and Seattle University School of Law; she | 8 | | and her husband, Terry, raised their five children in the | 9 | | Field Park neighborhood of the Village of Western Springs; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, President Gallagher was an attorney who dedicated | 11 | | her time towards serving her community; she was president of | 12 | | the Field Park PTO from 2003 to 2004, chair of the Western | 13 | | Springs Foundation for Educational Excellence from 2004 to | 14 | | 2005, and a member of the Western Springs School District 101 | 15 | | Board of Education from 2005 to 2009; she then served as a | 16 | | trustee of the Village of Western Springs from 2013 to 2017 | 17 | | before being elected as village president in 2017; she was | 18 | | re-elected for another four-year term in 2021, and she was | 19 | | serving as village president at the time of her passing; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Since becoming village president in May 2017, | 21 | | President Gallagher had served on the regional council of | 22 | | government West Central Municipal Conference, as president of |
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| 1 | | the Central Council of Mayors, a director of the Executive | 2 | | Committee, chair of the Central Council Transportation | 3 | | Committee, and co-chair of the joint Central/North Central | 4 | | Transportation Committee; she also served on the Chicago | 5 | | Metropolitan Agency for Planning Council of Mayors Executive | 6 | | Committee; she was appointed by Governor JB Pritzker to serve | 7 | | on the Board of the Illinois Tollway in February 2019, where | 8 | | she served as chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the | 9 | | Finance, Administration, & Operations Committee and the | 10 | | Systems Review & Customer Service Committee; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, President Gallagher volunteered as an ESL teacher | 12 | | for School on Wheels from 2008 to 2010 and as a yoga teacher | 13 | | and mentor from 2016 to 2017; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, President Gallagher was the wife of Judge John | 15 | | "Terry" Gallagher; the mother of John, Tom, Dan, Marilyn, and | 16 | | Joe; the daughter of James A. Fitch and the late Marilyn Fitch; | 17 | | the stepdaughter of the late Beth Fitch; and the sister of Jim | 18 | | (the late Nancy) Fitch and Ed (Marybeth) Fitch; therefore, be | 19 | | it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we mourn the passing of Alice F. (Fitch) Gallagher, President | 23 | | of the Village of Western Springs, and extend our sincere |
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| 1 | | condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 2 | | her; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of President Gallagher as an | 5 | | expression of our deepest sympathy.
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