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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Bernadine J. Fitzgerald of Mahomet,
4formerly of Champaign-Urbana, who passed away on May 27, 2014;
5and
 
6    WHEREAS, Bernadine Fitzgerald was born on March 27, 1924 in
7Kewanee; she married Jim Fitzgerald in 1947; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Bernadine Fitzgerald graduated from the
9University of Iowa, where she became an Alpha Chi and one of
10the first female cheerleaders for the Hawkeyes; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Bernadine Fitzgerald was a homemaker; she was also
12involved with the local chapters of PEO and Alpha Chi and
13worked for many other charitable volunteer groups; and
 
14    WHEREAS, Bernadine Fitzgerald is survived by her husband,
15Jim Fitzgerald; 4 children, Laurel Ellis (Dan), Kevin
16Fitzgerald (Pat), Mary Fitzgerald, and Patrick Fitzgerald
17(Susan); 9 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren;
18therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her

 

 

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1family and friends, mourn the passing of Bernadine J.
2Fitzgerald; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
4presented to the family of Bernadine Fitzgerald as an
5expression of our sympathy.