Full Text of HR0470 94th General Assembly
HR0470 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry was born on August 12, | 3 |
| 1932, to Hugh and Winifred King McGrane in Far Rockaway, New | 4 |
| York; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was born on January 18, 1901, to | 6 |
| Patrick and Mary Rodgers McGrane in Mullatee, Carlingford, | 7 |
| County Louth, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States in | 8 |
| 1921; and
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| WHEREAS, Winifred King McGrane was born on October 14, | 10 |
| 1899, to George and Ellen King in Loughborough, Leicester, | 11 |
| England, and immigrated to the United States in 1903; and
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| WHEREAS, Hugh McGrane was a New York City policeman, and he | 13 |
| and his wife had six children and twenty grandchildren: Hugh | 14 |
| (Rose), a Marine Corps veteran and New York City policeman, and | 15 |
| his children, Hugh, John, Joanne, Maureen, Colleen, Marianne, | 16 |
| Joseph, and Tom; George (Joan), a Marine Corps veteran of the | 17 |
| Korean War, teacher, coach, and Far East scholar, and his | 18 |
| children, Kim and Kevin; John (Marian), a Marine Corps veteran | 19 |
| and attorney in New York, and his children, John, Timothy, | 20 |
| Matthew, Peter, Deirdre, and Shelia; Winifred and her children, | 21 |
| Erin, Bridget, and Patrick; James McGrane; and Mary Ellen | 22 |
| (Robert) and her son, Robert; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry graduated from St. Mary | 24 |
| Star of the Sea in 1946 and Stella Maris High School in 1950; | 25 |
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| WHEREAS, On May 4, 1960, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry married | 27 |
| Robert Barry, who was born on July 21, 1931, to Michael and | 28 |
| Grace Varley Barry; and
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| WHEREAS, Robert and Mary Ellen McGrane Barry had one son, |
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| Robert, born on January 28, 1961; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry and her husband lived in | 3 |
| Ottawa, Illinois, for over 20 years, owning and operating | 4 |
| Bel-Mill and Marseilles Liquor and Variety; and
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| WHEREAS, Upon the death of her husband on November 28, | 6 |
| 1987, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry moved to Arlington Heights and | 7 |
| worked for 16 years in the Cook County Circuit Clerk's office; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry was an honest, hard | 10 |
| working, and well-respected employee of the Circuit Clerk's | 11 |
| office; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Ellen McGrane was a devoted mother and loving | 13 |
| grandmother; and
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| WHEREAS, On February 26, 2005, Mary Ellen McGrane Barry | 15 |
| died from cancer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 |
| we mourn the passing of Mary Ellen McGrane Barry, and we extend | 19 |
| our deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who knew | 20 |
| and loved her, especially her grandchildren, Allison and Andrew | 21 |
| Barry; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our sincere | 24 |
| condolences.
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