Full Text of SR0417 94th General Assembly
SR0417 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with deep regret of the death of Mary Janette Holmes of | 4 |
| Springfield on Sunday, September 11, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Holmes was born on January 5, 1930, in | 6 |
| Springfield to Carl and Geraldine McGillick Kraus; she married | 7 |
| Charles R. Gillespie, and he preceded her in death in 1958; she | 8 |
| married Albert J. Holmes in September of 1961 in Petersburg; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, She attended Sacred Heart Grade School and was a | 11 |
| graduate of Sacred Heart Academy; she retired in 1990 from the | 12 |
| State of Illinois House of Representatives, where she had been | 13 |
| employed since 1970 as Chief Journal Clerk; she went on to | 14 |
| spend nearly a decade in the service of this Body, retiring as | 15 |
| the attendant of the Democratic Phone Room in 2003; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, During her tenure in the State House, she saw many | 17 |
| lawmakers come and go and was an ever-present contributor to | 18 |
| the democratic process; she was well-known by coworkers, | 19 |
| legislators, lobbyists, reporters, and family and friends | 20 |
| alike for her devotion, her sense of style, leadership, and | 21 |
| compassion in the face of the long, grueling hours of Session; | 22 |
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| WHEREAS, She was a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, | 24 |
| where she volunteered in many areas throughout her life; she | 25 |
| was a member of St. Joseph Home Coterie (Gene Kraus Circle), | 26 |
| St. Louise de Marillac, St. Aloysius Catholic Women, St. | 27 |
| Aloysius Altar and Rosary Society, and Sacred Heart Academy | 28 |
| Alumni; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mary Janette Holmes has been deeply | 30 |
| felt by many, especially her husband, Albert J. Holmes; her |
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| sons, Rick Gillespie, Gary (wife, Jane) Gillespie, Tom | 2 |
| Gillespie, and Michael (wife, Ann) Holmes; her daughters, | 3 |
| Janette (husband, Gene) Drendel and Lynn (husband, David) | 4 |
| Chapman; her eleven grandchildren; her sisters, Freda Burg and | 5 |
| Kathy (husband, Steve) Williams; and several nieces, nephews, | 6 |
| and cousins; she was preceded in death by her first husband, | 7 |
| her parents, and her brother, Carl Kraus; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 |
| Mary Janette Holmes, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 11 |
| her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 15 |
| sympathy and in memory of the continuing example of selfless | 16 |
| service that was her life.
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